The Amerindians are the first occupants of the American continent and their descendants. In 1492, explorer Christopher Columbus believed he had reached the East Indies when he had just landed in America, in the West Indies. Because of this error, we continue to use the word "Indians" to refer to the populations of the New World.
The arrival of Europeans in North America from the sixteenth century had important consequences for the Amerindians: their number collapsed because of disease, wars and ill-treatment. Their way of life and their culture underwent changes. With the advance of the Frontier and the colonization of the American whites, they lost the majority of their territory, were forced to integrate reserves.
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