Map of Native American Tribes

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 Map of Native  American Tribes
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The ancestors of  today's Native Americans arrived in North America about  15,000 years  ago. As a result, a  great diversity of communities, societies, and cultures  eventually developed on the continent over the millennia. The population  of indigenous peoples in the Americas before  Columbus's voyage in 1492 was 70 million or  more. Approximately 562 tribes  resided in the contiguous  United States. The ten largest  Indian tribes in North  America are: Arikara, Cherokee, Iroquois, Pawnee, Sioux, Apache, Eskimo, Comanche, Choctaw, Cree, Ojibwa, Mohawk, Cheyenne, Navajo, Seminole, Hope, Shoshone, Mohican, Shawnee,  Mi'kmaq, Paiute, Wampanoag, Ho-Chunk, Chumash, Haida. Below is  a tribal map of  pre-European North  America. The ancient map below gives a Native American perspective by placing the tribes in  their prime - the  "glory days". This occurs before contact with other peoples across the  Eastern Seaboard, or at  least before that contact  had any serious effect on change.  Over a period of 400 years, the  period of contact  varied greatly between tribes. For example, the  "glory days" of the Maya and  Aztecs ended long before the interior tribes  in other  regions, with some  lasting until the 20th  century. At one time,  the indigenous peoples, who numbered in the millions, spoke  about 4,000 languages. The European  conquest of the Americas, beginning in 1492,  resulted in a sharp  decline in the Native American population  due to epidemics, hostilities, ethnic cleansing, and  slavery. When the United States was founded,  the established Native American tribes were  considered semi-independent  nations because they  generally lived in communities separate from white  immigrants. Map of Native American Tribes of North America