Population history of American indigenous peoples

Easter Island. More than 17.8 million people live in Chile. Santiago, the capital city, has a population of 308,000, but when counting Santiago Metropolis 6.68 million people live in that area. This is the largest city. The next on the list is the Greater Concepción with 949,000. The next three in line are Greater Valparaíso (934,000), Greater La Serena (413,700), and Antofagasta (348,700). The money in Chile is called Pesos and is very colorful. One American dollar is worth 673.99 Chilean…

regions, and eras in history, their research process calls for analysis to investigate how historiography and methodologies interact.…

Gold Rush: The California Gold Rush was the biggest mass relocation in American history since it realized 300,000 individuals to California. It began on January 24, 1848, when James W. Marshall discovered gold on his real estate parcel at Sutter's Mill in Coloma. The news of gold rapidly spread around. Individuals from Oregon, Sandwich Islands (now Hawaii) and Latin America were the first to hear the breaking news, so they were the first to touch base so as to test their fortunes in California…

immigrants travel to the US for the “American Dream”, escaping war, poverty, and persecution. Unfortunately, with all of its positive aspects, there is also a dark side of history. There are plenty of dark chapters in US history. They range from the atrocities committed during times of slavery to the frail economy…

endangered species list, the wolf species will dwindle in population, like it did in the 1950s with the extermination campaign…

home to a rich history full of diverse people and cultures. Everything that comes to Guam comes from the water. All the food and supplies are shipped here. Great numbers of people have arrived and left; soldiers, families, and workers. For better or worse, all was provided by the water and people of Guam graciously accepted what came ashore. Their welcoming spirit allowed my family the opportunity to have the life that we do. Despite how little history books may say about Guam, its people and…

interviewed several people to find the facts about the culture that my diversity report is about. I have struggled over the right words to say and how to start out my report, then I realized the words are here in my heart. Have you ever wondered about the shade of your skin, the place you grew up, or the accent in your words? What about the makeup of your family, the gender you were born with, the intimate relationships you chose to have or the generation you are born in? The American identity…

In May 1945, World War II ended, and for Australia this meant the departure of one million US troops stationed there, who left a taste of American glamour. By the 1950s a fascination with American lifestyle had emerged in Australia, as observed by American comedian Joe E. Brown, who stated critically upon leaving Sydney in 1950, “Australians are merely Americans with an Australian accent” (Helliwell, 1950). Where Australia was dull and uninteresting, America represented a brave and exciting…

commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. This process has been in progress through the early days of history where explorers such as Marco Polo and Christopher Columbus developed world relations through trade, exchanging both knowledge and goods. This process has become far easier and accessible through the invention of the Internet, where people can exchange knowledge and ideas right from their computer screens. Many countries embrace the idea of globalization because…

Native American / American Indian Any cultural group is formed by different characteristics, such as home country, language, education, and traditions, work, among others. As part of a cultural group in the United States, the American Indians are the indigenous peoples of the Americas. According to Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (2014), the name Indian is supposedly first given by Christopher Columbus who thought that the mainlands were part of the Indies, in Asia (p. 1). During the…