Native American Map Of Us

Native american indigenous cultures map by paul mirocha. Native americans in the united states make up 0.97% to 2% of the population. A total of 5.2 million people identified as native americans, either alone or in combination with one or more ethnicity or other races.

The arrival of columbus (1492) the prevalent theory is that at least 12,000 years ago, indian ancestors crossed the frozen bering straits, fanned out from alaska, and became the sole inhabitants of the north american continent. In the 2010 census, 2.9 million people identified as native american, native hawaiian, and alaska native alone. The map is color coded and gives a visual idea of the many tribes of american indians and the vast area the indigenous population of american indian tribes covered.

Tribes of the indian nation.

These maps use tribal nation’s original indigenous names for themselves, and show where tribes were prior to contact with outsiders, as well as the last homelands they defended. The map below presents a broad view of american indian history from an indian perspective. The holiday recognizes the native tribes of the u.s. A ababco abenaki/abnakii aberginian abihka abittibi absaroka/crow absentee shawnee accohanoc accominta/agamenticus achiligonan achomawi acolapissa acoma.