40 million-90 million: Estimated Native American population prior to European colonization
2.8 million: Estimated number of Native Americans, 2000 census
2005: Year Boston repealed 330-year-old law barring Native Americans from entering the city
150: Approximate number of Algonquian words used in English, including caucus, wigwam and toboggan
153: Lakota men, women and children killed in the December 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre
Source: MSN Encarta
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