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To examine the magnitude and underlying drivers of North American Indian depopulation following European contact in 1492 and reconstruct accurate pre-contact population baselines.

January 1, 1990The American Indian Quarterly

American Indian Holocaust and Survival: A Population History Since 1492

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CSC. Matthew SnippStanford University RTRussell ThorntonUniversity of California, Los Angeles

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Demographic overview reveals massive population collapse among North American Indigenous peoples after 1492, highlighting multi-causal drivers including epidemic disease, warfare, and forced...

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To examine the magnitude and underlying drivers of North American Indian depopulation following European contact in 1492 and reconstruct accurate pre-contact population baselines.
Conducted a multidisciplinary demographic overview synthesizing historical documentation, anthropological findings, and epidemiological patterns.
Evaluated historical estimates of pre-1492 aboriginal population sizes and analyzed post-contact tribal survival trajectories.
Identifies the primary mechanisms of Indigenous depopulation as newly introduced infectious diseases, military conflict and genocide, forced removal, and the destruction of traditional lifeways.
Documents widespread tribal collapses where entire native populations were eliminated within brief periods following European invasion.

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Snipp et al. (1990) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a09e00cb0d552aa8b45ee0f https://doi.org/10.2307/1185031

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Demographic overview reveals massive population collapse among North American Indigenous peoples after 1492, highlighting multi-causal drivers including epidemic disease, warfare, and forced...

American Indian Holocaust and Survival: A Population History Since 1492

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American Indian Holocaust and Survival: A Population History Since 1492

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