INDIAN POPULATIOIN IN AMERICA (week 6)

Since Spanish came here they tried to low Indian population, they didn’t allowed Indians to have communities of more than 300 people.
This table shows the Indian population in those times. I’ve obtain it on the book “Colombia Imagenes de su Diersidad” (page 82).

Regions
Indian Population
Percentage
Region Caribe 2.565.376 23.70

Region Andina Oriental 2.423.728 25.20
Occidental 3.170.160 33.00
Alto Magdalena 120.000 1.25
Region Llanos 500.000 5.20
Region Amazon 720.000 7.50
Region Pacific 120.000 1.25
Totals 9.619.264 100.00
Pre Hispanic population in Colombia 1500
The population since then lowed so much that the Quimbayas were1500 Indians and low to 47 and then to 0. Many Indians extinguished, but some others survived and live now days.
When Spanish got here they needed food quickly so they saw that the Indians had very nice crops so they steeled and sell them. They also took as much gold as the Indians had, and when it was over they tortured the caciques till death. But that wasn’t all, they also sell the Indians itself, they started selling then at 564 pesos but raised 1,931. And when there was a murder or a robbery Indians were accused (although, it was probably them). Many Indians also committed suicide. All of this low the Indian population.
For centuries and centuries the racism has been on of the mayor causes of murders and wars. Like the world wars, the Germans discriminated Jews, in us the black people were very discriminated for many years, and here Indians were discriminated. Even now a days the racism exists. Sometimes without knowing I discriminate other people, and it might happen to you to.