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|motive = Enslave the Native population and use them to find gold Gain the land of Native tribes Impose "superior" cultural values on the Native Americans

|crimes = [[Genocide]] [[War crimes]] Mass [[murder]] [[Slavery]] [[Rape]] [[Ethnic cleansing]] Forced assimilation [[Hate Speech]]}}{{Quote|It is also apparent that the shared history of the hemisphere is one framed by the dual tragedies of genocide and slavery, both of which are part of the legacy of the European invasions of the past 500 years. Indigenous people north and south were displaced, died of disease, and were killed by Europeans through slavery, rape, and war.|Excerpt from ''American Philosophy: From Wounded Knee to the Present''.}}

The '''Amerindian Genocide''', AKA the '''Native American Genocide''', the '''American Indian Genocide''' or the '''American Indian Holocaust''', is a blanket term for the various atrocities carried out against indigenous peoples of North and South America from their discovery right up to the 20th Century. It is considered the foremost example of [[Genocide of Indigenous Peoples|genocide of indigenous peoples]] and the largest ~~genocide~~ in history, surpassing even [[The Holocaust]] in scale. It began in 1494, when the Americas were discovered by the Spanish Empire, and continued well into the 20th century in various different forms and nations. It is estimated a total of 100,000,000 died.

The '''Amerindian Genocide''', AKA the '''Native American Genocide''', the '''American Indian Genocide''' or the '''American Indian Holocaust''', is a blanket term for the various atrocities carried out against indigenous peoples of North and South America from their discovery right up to the 20th Century. It is considered the foremost example of [[Genocide of Indigenous Peoples|genocide of indigenous peoples]] and being one of the largest genocides in history, surpassing even [[The Holocaust]] in scale and numbers of death. It began in 1494, when the Americas were discovered by the Spanish Empire, and continued well into the 20th century in various different forms and nations. It is estimated a total of 100,000,000 died , one of the biggest cause of death [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_smallpox#Epidemics_in_the_Americas was illness such as small pox with some estimates placing 90% of the deaths as a result of the epidemic introduced by european settlers.]

==History==

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 |motive = Enslave the Native population and use them to find gold<br>Gain the land of Native tribes<br>Impose "superior" cultural values on the Native Americans
 |crimes = [[Genocide]]<br>[[War crimes]]<br>Mass [[murder]]<br>[[Slavery]]<br>[[Rape]]<br>[[Ethnic cleansing]]<br>Forced assimilation<br>[[Hate Speech]]}}{{Quote|It is also apparent that the shared history of the hemisphere is one framed by the dual tragedies of genocide and slavery, both of which are part of the legacy of the European invasions of the past 500 years. Indigenous people north and south were displaced, died of disease, and were killed by Europeans through slavery, rape, and war.|Excerpt from ''American Philosophy: From Wounded Knee to the Present''.}}
-The '''Amerindian Genocide''', AKA the '''Native American Genocide''', the '''American Indian Genocide''' or the '''American Indian Holocaust''', is a blanket term for the various atrocities carried out against indigenous peoples of North and South America from their discovery right up to the 20th Century. It is considered the foremost example of [[Genocide of Indigenous Peoples|genocide of indigenous peoples]] and the largest genocide in history, surpassing even [[The Holocaust]] in scale. It began in 1494, when the Americas were discovered by the Spanish Empire, and continued well into the 20th century in various different forms and nations. It is estimated a total of 100,000,000 died.
+The '''Amerindian Genocide''', AKA the '''Native American Genocide''', the '''American Indian Genocide''' or the '''American Indian Holocaust''', is a blanket term for the various atrocities carried out against indigenous peoples of North and South America from their discovery right up to the 20th Century. It is considered the foremost example of [[Genocide of Indigenous Peoples|genocide of indigenous peoples]] and being one of the largest genocides in history, surpassing even [[The Holocaust]] in scale and numbers of death. It began in 1494, when the Americas were discovered by the Spanish Empire, and continued well into the 20th century in various different forms and nations. It is estimated a total of 100,000,000 died , one of the biggest cause of death [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_smallpox#Epidemics_in_the_Americas was illness such as small pox with some estimates placing 90% of the deaths as a result of the epidemic introduced by european settlers.]
 ==History==