Ancient North America

The history of the American indigenous peoples, the original inhabitants of the continent, dates back to around 26,000 years before Europeans arrived. This is called the...

Native Americans

By the time European explorers first arrived in the Americas at the beginning of the 16th century, there were already millions of people (some experts estimate as many as 50...

Timeline of Native American history

Sioux

Two hundred years ago, the Sioux (pronounced “soo”) people roamed the northern Great Plains of North America. They lived in tribes and hunted buffalo for food and skins. When...

Iroquois

The Iroquois are a Native American people whose homeland at the time of European arrival was southeastern Canada and northeastern United States. In around 1450, five Iroquois...

Timeline of Canadian history