BEFORE THE EUROPEANS

Just a little bit of history. Before the Europeans arrived in the Americas, there were more than 500 tribes (a collective group of 22 million people) living in what is now the United States of America. Here are the names of some tribes from across the country:
Northeastern tribes: Iroquois, Abnaki, Passamaquody, Narraganset, Wampanoag, Montauk, Delaware, Powhatan, Winnebago, Chippewa, Ottawa, etc.
Southeastern tribes: Cherokee, Shawnee, Chickasaw, Creek, Catawba, Choctaw, Miccosukee, Seminole, Natchez, etc.
Northwestern Tribes: Colville, Cayuse, Yakima, Spokane, Nez Perce, Shoshone, Bannock, Flathead, Kootenai, etc.
Southwestern tribes: Paiute, Apache, Hopi, Navajo, Hualapai, Havasupai, Yavapai, Ute, Zuni, Pima, Pueblo, etc.
West Coast tribes: Yurok, Pomo, Salina, Cahuilla, Chumash, Esselen, Maidu, Diegueno, etc.
Great Plains tribes: Blackfeet, Gros Ventre, Crow, Cheyenne, Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, Assiniboine, Arapaho, Sioux, Ponca, Omaha, Pawnee, Kiowa, Comanche, Osage, Kansa, etc.

According to 2010 Census, the Native American population is now ONLY 1.0%..........