As more Europeans arrived,there was a fight for the land with the native American Indians. By the end of the nineteenth century. the indian tribes were moved to reservation. A lot of their children were taken away to boarding schools and these children were taught to speak English. By the end of the twentieth century more than half of the Native Americans in the US were living in the cities. They gave up speaking their old trible languages and only used English. As a result, many Native American languages disappeared and with them their culture.