Percent American Indian and Alaska Native
In a Census map of percent American Indian and Alaska Native in the United States, most of the American Indian and Alaska Native population is densely populated in the Mountain and Pacific regions. Anywhere from 1.1 to 96.0% of their population. There are also traces in the Great Plains region. In the Appalachian region the population is very few only, 0.0 to 0.2%.
Since the end of the 15th century the migration of the Europeans to the Americas has led to conflict between the Indians and the Europeans. One conflict the American Indians suffered from that caused high fatalities was, contact with diseases they were not yet immune to, which caused great loss of their population. After the American Revolution the expansion of the European-American population resulted in increasing pressure on the American Indians lands, which lead to the Indian removal act passed by the U.S. Congress, authorizing the government to relocate the American Indians west of the Mississippi River. This is why the Appalachian region, and the Atlantic Coast has a very low percentage of American Indian and Alaska Native, and the Mountain and Pacific regions is densely populated.
In the Mountain and Pacific regions where there is a high concentration of both American Indians and Alaska Native Indians, the population density will mostly likely increase in those areas. Causing crowded conditions for those on reservations, which may require the U.S. government to grant the Indians more land for their reservations. This likely increase in population may also lead to a higher rate of poverty, and higher poverty has been linked to an increased crime rate. The Indians, who are not on a reservation, continue to shy away from their culture and traditions as they are acclimated to the American way of life. Whereas people that live on the reservations will most likely continue their way of life and pass their culture down to future generations.
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