When the Italian (7) ______ Christopher Columbus arrived in the EXPLORE "New World" in 1492, he thought that he was in India and called the people Indians. American (8) ______ today prefer to be called INDIA Native Americans, or by their tribal names like Navajo or Lakota. The Native Americans helped the early settlers adapt to life in a new country. Later, the (9) ______ changed. RELATION On the Plains, the buffalo were hunted almost to(10) ______, so EXTINCT that the Plains tribes had no food. The settlers wanted to take over tribal land, and Native. Americans were forced to move to separate areas called reservations, often on poor land that nobody else wanted. Many children were not allowed to live with their parents and were sent away to school. (11) ______ Indian culture, including dances, TRADITION religion, and language was forbidden. Some tribes tried to fight for their rights, but they were (12) ______ by DEFEAT the US army. By 1890, war, poverty, and diseases like smallpox had reduced the Native American to only 250,000.