<i>The reduction of the North American Indian population from an estimated 12 million in 1500 to barely 237,000 in 1900 represents a&quot;vast genocide&quot;, the most sustained on record.</i><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;historynewsnetwork.org&#x2F;article&#x2F;7302" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;historynewsnetwork.org&#x2F;article&#x2F;7302</a><p>Well, it looks like there was, in fact, a <i>vast genocide</i>. In the north and also the south americas. Really sad...