The plains Indians virtually had to change their way of life after the buffalo became scarce. Other Indians did not live where buffalo were.
The fact that Native Americans were invaded and the loss of ancestral lands is enough for conflict and to fight for what they had.
They suffered from exposure to new diseases and loss of traditions
They suffered from exposure to new diseases and loss of traditions
The westward expansion had a negative effect on the Native Americans in that region. During the westward expansion, the Native Americans were forced to live on reservations that were deemed the worst land in the area.
The greatest loss of life for the Native peoples in the 16th and 17th centuries would be smallpox. They did not have this natural immunity that the Europeans did and thousands died as a result.
Technology had both positive and negative impacts on Native Americans. Initial contact with European explorers brought new tools, weapons, and trading opportunities which benefited some tribes. However, the spread of diseases, loss of land, and disruption of traditional ways of life had devastating consequences for many Indigenous communities.
One result of the loss of Native American lives to disease is that the Native Americans moved farther away from the Europeans. Another result of disease among the Native Americans was their lack of people to fight the Europeans for land.
corn from the Native Americans for food.
The fact that Native Americans were invaded and the loss of ancestral lands is enough for conflict and to fight for what they had.
Reservations, Loss of Buffalos, and Disease
They suffered from exposure to new diseases and loss of traditions.
They suffered from exposure to new diseases and loss of traditions
They suffered from exposure to new diseases and loss of traditions.
They suffered from exposure to new diseases and loss of traditions.
They suffered from exposure to new diseases and loss of traditions.
They suffered from exposure to new diseases and loss of traditions.
They suffered from exposed to new diesease and loss of traditons