12 Amazing Facts About Native Americans That You Don’t Know

#11 The Death Penalty

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Despite it not being their land, European settlers decided to apply their laws to the Native Americans in North America. This included the death penalty. The first execution of a Native American occurred in 1639 and since then, there have been nearly 500 executions carried out with the approval of the court system.