text: how did the european settlers have an impact on native americans?   1)committed the largest case of genocide in history  2)somehow kept this massive^act of cruelty out of textbooks 3)raped native women and children 4)actually began the scalping that is a stereotypical label placed on natives 5)played football with the heads of native newborns and toddlers 6)burned villages at night 7)forced natives to go to war (front-line,first killed) 8)killed horses, because they were "of native descent" 9)cleared lands of large herds of buffalo, by shooting and killing them;leaving them to rot 10)brought many diseases and infections i.e. smallpox,flu,lice,...too many to name 11)tricked tribes into signing treaties 12)broke treaties 13)assigned ridiculously small lots of land for what was left of the indigenous peoples, and tricked them into thinking it was special because it was "reserved" for them i.e. reservations  the list could go on and on....you will never know the entire truth about the horrific crimes that were committed against the many nations that are still waiting for the truth to be told...textbooks,history books, all a sham!