Did you know that some historians and scientiests believe that Native Americans were the first immigrants to travel to North America? They believe they migrated from another continent many many years ago. How did they get here, and why did they come? There are many theories out there. Which one will you believe?
Here is what you will do:
1. Watch the two videos linked here about one theory.
Audio and Video Number One
Video Number Two
2. With a parent, find at least one other theory about how the Native Americans originated or migrated to the U.S.
3. Write a letter to the class on the blog.
a. Tell which theory you predict to be true. This will be your opinion.
b. Give at least 3 facts to support your opinion. What facts support your
opinion?
c. Leave a link to the website or video you found about a second theory.
Here is an example on a slightly different topic, but it shows you my opinion and 3 facts to support it.
Dear Class,
I predict that the wooly mammoths migrated to North America over a land bridge. Why do I believe this? Thousands of years ago, there was a piece of land that connected Asia to North America. Based on the knowledge I have about this giant furry mammal, I know they wouldn't have been able to swim in the ocean. I also know they wouldn't have been able to build boats since they were animals. Therefore, the only conclusion I can draw is that they crossed the land bridge so that they could escape their predators.
I found this information on a video. Here is the link:____________________________ (leave your link). I really think you should watch it too.
Sincerely,
Miss Shaw
In New Mexico,as gaint ice age glaciers where melting,great worriors hunted bicen on the open plains.The hunt was sucsessful,there familys would eat well.Have hides,have the bounty of the animal,the great glaciers slowly retreated northward across the american contanant.This was about TEN THOUSAND years ago.All across the americans,artifacts are continuasly uncovered. Hunting wepons,aintchent catfires,ainchent artwork,evidance of the aintchents, the so called,paileo indians. In what is, modern minnesota,a single human tragity,perhaps this fifteen year old girl was wandering over a frozen lake,slipped through the ice and drownded in moments. Perhaps her family searched for hours,but to no nothing.She had become a part of history.Her bones,uncovered in 1931 showed the 19 thousand year old teenager. Back when the elephants romed the americas, about 11 thousand years ago, another ainchent american mad history in what is now to pech apon in Mexico. This ainchent persons remains where discovered in 1947. What where they like, the ainchent amiracans? How did they live? What did they DO on the very land we very now call modern america? In the eastern part of the united states, the ainchent people depended on hunting, and a few depended on agracaulture. The west of the rockys,the paileo indians collected seeds,nuts,wild grains, and other natural vedgitation. The elephant hunting people romed the great plains,hunting mammoth, and the forest further to the east, mastodon where hunted. A type of elephant that adapted to the forest.Over TEN THOUSAND years ago, these people presued massive elephants in north america,hunting them down with skill, persision and sheer bravery. In the ainchent New Mexico sandya mountins, a caulture agsisted witch dates back A HUNDRED THOUSAND years. These people where also hunters, and many ainchent hunting wepons have been found in these mountins.Wepons that where perhaps discarded by a hunting party, of spere heads that have been loged in an ainchent animal who was the target of a precice hunters aim.
ReplyDeletethese where just some facts i wanted to poast before i write my poast and could be usfull to others writing poasts.
thanks for reading!! :)
- Madison
oh and also all information was found on youtube!!
Deletethe video is called "Native American History"
i hope i helped some of you and mabye just put some facts into your mind!! happy weekend class!! :)
- Madison
I think there are some spelling mistakes
Deleteoops! oh well im not the best speller!! soory for those mistakes but i just wanted to poast some facts
Delete-Madison
Dear class,
ReplyDeleteI believe that Plains Native Americans, such as the Anishinabe,from which I am descended, had lots of food. A reason I think that is because not only had open plains to hunt, but also the glaciers, when they melted created lakes for them to fish and gather water, and they could scoop up the water in baskets and water the crops that they were growing, such as potatoes, corn and squash. Based on those three facts, I believe this statement is true before contact with the whites. If you are reading my post, I hope you found it useful, and until I see you in class,Happy Weekend!
Sincerely,
Brendan
What theory do you believe to be true, as asked above?
DeleteMiss Shaw
Dear Class,
ReplyDeletei think neither of these theorys are true, i think the first Americans came 9,000 years ago, he is called Kenwick man, 3 facts are 1. his nose jumps off his face, like in Europeans, which supports that he is from Europe. 2. he has a ancient spearpoint in his pelvis, which proves he is not a native american. He was carbon dated, and it was found it was 25,000 years old!. lastly, he has NO genetic realation to any native american tribes, so he must've came to north america through another way other than a land bridge. See for yourself, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Iq-kC-lJWw
From, Junghaye
wait it was 25,000 yeas ago, sorry everyone
ReplyDeleteit is ok
DeleteDear Class,
ReplyDeleteMy theory is that the native americans originated here, and did not cross the land bridge or come from Asia. A fact that supports this theory is that, some scientist found a stone artifact that was crafted about 50,000 years ago, that means that there were already native americans here before the land bridge eroded, also like other species like bison and wolfs. My 3rd fact is that , a lot of native americans died of sickness when they came in contact with the Europeans, but if they originated from Europe or Asia they wouldn't have gotten sick when exposed or coming into contact with Europeans.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/11/041118104010.htm
Sincerely,
Percy Olken-Hunt
Interesting observation in your last sentence!
DeleteMiss Shaw
Dear Miss Shaw,
ReplyDeleteI think that the Native Americans migrated from Africa to Asia then to North America because game was moving northwards first to northern Asia then across the land bridge to North America and then spread across what is now Canada and the northern USA during the Ice Age. The different tribes spread out across the USA at different times making settlements in different locations where they thought game was the most plentiful. (They couldn't have searched it on Google or anything!!!). I think this is true because the fact is that many Native American tribal grounds are in Canada and the Northern USA. Some tribes, however, migrated to the same place another tribe had already settled. Then the tribes got real bloody, they fought for the land that they had settled in for game and land to live in. Some evidence to support this is that many Native American tribes were warrior tribes. Some Warrior tribes are the Santee Sioux, the Lakota Sioux, and the Dakota Sioux. Many tribes feared the warrior tribes. The reason I think that the tribes migrated during the last Ice Age is because only then they would have been able to walk over the glaciers to get to what is now modern day Alaska and down into Canada then into the Northern USA. Please watch this link below for more information.
Link for more info: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19HIeGePpjE
Sincerely,
Shrey Kumar Ramesh
You are right. There were many tribes that fought for land, not just the Lakota. In fact, the Hopi and the Navajo continue to argue over land rights with one another, and there are a lot of hard feelings between both tribes.
DeleteMiss Shaw
Dear class,
ReplyDeleteI predict that the Native Americans migrated to Alaska for two reasons, One, because they could not find\hunt game, Second, the European’s migration pattern. One fact is that most tribes migrated to the western part of the country because of Andrew Jackson’s American Indian Removal Act of 1830. Before that there was a bloody war many Native Americans they fought and struggled and finally they got their freedom from the white men.
Regards, Raghava
What does the European migration pattern have to do with the Native Americans migrating to Alaska? These are 2 opposite sides of the country. Where is your link?
DeleteMiss Shaw
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Delete-Madison
I think that neither are true because no one can know what the earth looks like back then and if it was more disease free. I also think that people ancestors might be lying about it so i think none of them our true.
ReplyDeletediego
ithink not
DeleteWhere is your evidence for this, Diego? Where is the link and the facts to support it?
DeleteMiss Shaw
i think the native american migrate from the bridge that crossed the land during the ice age
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Delete-Madison
Dear Class,
ReplyDeleteI think that something called the Solutrean Hypothesis might be the correct theory on how the Native Americans came to the united states. I think they came from Europe. This took place when Europe was connected to Greenland and Canada. Some evidence to prove that they came from Europe is that clovis tools (Spear points made out of bone, stone or ivory used for hunting) were found near to where the Native Americans first settled. Clovis tools found with Native Americans were made from using similar tools to the Solutrean tools of France. Some more artifacts that were similar to the European ones were found near the part of the Delmarva peninsula in Maryland where the native American people first settled. The hypothesis suggests they traveled during the Ice Age. They traveled in small boats using similar skills as modern day Inuits.
The source that I used was en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solutrean_hypothesis
Thank You for reading!
From,
Lindsey:)
Interesting find, Lindsey! I hadn't heard of this theory before.
DeleteMiss Shaw
Dear Miss Shaw,
ReplyDeleteOne of the other theories I discovered was that the Native Americans came by boat across the Pacific Ocean from Asia and island hopped on their way to North America. They did this because they were following fish and other food sources in the ocean. The Native Americans had great navigational skills which they passed on by telling stories. They also built amazing boats. They traveled long distances at a time and used their navigational skills to find their way.
Sincerely,
Jeremy
Here's two websites to help
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_did_Native_American_Indians_arrive and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynesian_navigation
the and shouldn't be right after the first website
DeleteJeremy
I agree that they were following their source of food.
DeleteMiss Shaw
I believe that the native Americans migrated to the U.S. over what is called a land bridge. Another fact is that the land bridge that existed 18,000 years ago has gradually disappeared with rising sea level. Lastly, geneticists have found that groups from Asia traveled over the Bering Strait into North America in at least three separate migrations beginning more than 15,000 years ago.
ReplyDeleteSincerely,
Aaron Illies
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_did_Native_American_Indians_arrive
So it sounds like you support the original theory posted here.
DeleteMiss Shaw
I belive that The American Indians have traveled across the Berring strait from Asia to North America. I believe this for the following three reasons. First,DNA evidence shows relationship between people from Asia and North American Indians. Second, we know there was a land bridge between the two continents long ago. finally, the languages spoken by the two are similar.
ReplyDeleteHere is a link to a video that claims that American Indians were actually Hebrews!!
-Grace Burnside
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Tv4M_3-vMg
It's interesting that you believe the original theory posted, yet you found a link about Natiive Americans being Jewish. I'm interested in watching the video.
DeleteMiss Shaw
Dear Class,
ReplyDeleteI believe that the Native Americans traveled here by boats. 3 facts that support my theory include: 1) Anthropologists think Americans populated too quickly for the land to be covered with water as in the other idea. 2) the Native Americans were good boat people. 3) Native Americans liked to fish and they followed the fish until they got to America.
A link I used in my research is: http://www.ehow.com/info_11369578_anthropologists-believe-indians-came-america.html
-Althea Friswold
It sounds like you and Jeremy found very similar information.
DeleteMiss Shaw
I think that neither are true because no one can know what it looks like back then and if it was more disease free. I also think that people ancestors be lying about it so I think none of it is true.
ReplyDeleteSincerely,
Jake Hankinson
I'm confused. See me about this assignment.
DeleteThe above person was Miss Shaw.
DeleteI think that the native americans traveled from Asia to North America because there was a land bridge in between Asia and North America. It lasted for over 10,000 years. Sea levels were low enough to cross so that there was land between North America and Asia. At that time, 20,000 years ago or more Native Americans were wandering hunters. They may have been looking for new hunting grounds
ReplyDeleteAndrew
Where is your link or website to support your opinion?
DeleteMiss Shaw
Dear Class: I don't believe they came from Asia. There is no scientific proof that they came from Asia and it would have been difficult for them to travel over the Bearing Strait and survive as the land was barren. So if the land was barren how could people from Asia travel to America without dying. They probably originated in America plus they found the Clovis arrowhead which originated in Europe.
ReplyDeletefrom: sawyer
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Where_did_Native_American_Indians_originate
So did they originate in Europe or America? I'm a little confused.
DeleteMiss Shaw
Dear class.
ReplyDeleteI believe that the Native Americans came from a land bridge between Russia and Alaska, because their DNA matches people from Asia, there was an ice age at the time of when they came over the land bridge so the water froze up and they could easily walk across. Lastly, because they were hunter gatherers at that time which meant that they wanted to migrate to different areas like the Americas.
I found it at google, native americans from asia evidence, and I clicked on the first sentence at the top.
yours truly, Emily
I believe that the Native Americans came from a land bridge between Russia and Alaska, because their DNA matches people from Asia, there was an ice age at the time of when they came over the land bridge so the water froze up and they could easily walk across. Lastly, because they were hunter gatherers at that time which meant that they wanted to migrate to different areas like the Americas.
DeleteI meant
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=9101
yours truly, Emily
Good facts to support your opinion!
DeleteMiss Shaw
Dear class,
ReplyDeleteI belive that not all of the Native Americans traveled here at the same time, nor did they all come from the same place. You can't just take every tribe,and ship them off on a boat, right? Anyway, as I was saying, mabye some tribes came from Asia, but there is no proof that every single tribe did! I mean, some tribes have diffrent languages, and a different lifestyle, how could they all come from the same place if there so different? One theory i belive to be true is that some Native Americans traveled by boat across the Pacific,not in one single journey but island hopping, and populating one island to the next.Hawaii for example is halfway from Asia to North America.The historical identification of Polynesian people is proof of my theory.
this is the website i used:
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_did_Native_American_Indians_arrive
thanks for reading,
-Madison
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DeleteDear class
ReplyDeletei belive that native americans did not travel here at the same place and thhe time.There are different tribes so they got shiped by tribes becuase they might fight which tribe is better.Hawaii is halfway from Asia and North America.If there is different tribes they cant just go on the same boat and go.I dont think the Native Americans came here at one entire journey,I think the populated each island one to the next.
From Abdi
DeleteWhere is your website or video to support your opinion?
DeleteMiss Shaw
Please see me about this assignment.
DeleteMiss Shaw
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_(US). this is Archer and I will finish this tonight.
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DeleteThat is not my website!!!!!!!!!! UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
DeleteARCHER!
I predict that the Native Americans came over here through land bridge: Beringia. It makes sense how land grew, the land uprised and the water went down, creating Beringia. That video also shows proof. I think this all begain in Africa, the prey that they ate moved to India, then it moved up into eastern Russia (aka Siberia) they hung out there for a while then they prey moved into Beringia, and crossed into North America. There were so many new resources that even after there prey died out they stayed there. Some stayed in Alaska and Canada, such as the Inuit people, others came down here such as the Chinook, other went don to Mexico, and South America such as the Aztec, Maya, and the Inca. This is Alejandro, I will put my link to this info tonight.
ReplyDeleteHere is my link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beringia
DeleteSincerely,
Alejandro
Dear class,
ReplyDeleteI think that the theory of them comeing from the italy and france and madrid. They came to europe from africa and followed there food and then went to europe and followed them into russia and india and went over the beringa land brige into north america and so on. ( i found this info on wikipedia)
-Madi
p.s. i will do more tonight
THIS IS NICOLE ILL DO IT TONIGHT.
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Dear class,
ReplyDeleteI discovered that the Native Americans had a very hard thime before the Russins came when they thought that they were in Asia.
And here are some facts about what...
1.the first video said that the Russins did not Know were they landed
2.I know that the Native Americans had a very hard time because the video said that the native Americans had bin forced to move to different location that they are not useed to. And I'm very sure that there need alot of money to pay the rent and for the heating,and the water.
3.And I know that the Native Americans most need more of ever thing to have wellth and to servie.
Anisa Mohamud
What do the Russians have to do with this topic? Remember that they were here before rent, heating and easy access to water. Be sure to post the link to where you got your information.
DeleteDear Miss Shaw,
ReplyDeleteI found out that some people thought that the Native Americans didn't come to america at all. I think that could be true. And here are some facts to support it.
1.Well in the video the Native Americans were here before any of the euopeans where here.
2. The reason why we call them Native AMERICANS is because they lived in america.
3.And it is almost impossible that the Native Americans came here 700-1000 years ago.
sincerely,
Nicole
How is it impossible that they were here 1000 years ago? Remember that you need to include your link to where you got your information.
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ReplyDeleteMy theory is that the Native Americans migrated here and did not cross a land bridge because first there is no land bridge between Asia and North America. Secondly 90% of Native Americans died of sickness because they did not now about sicknesses, So if they did migrate in Asia they would've died. And last of all some scientist found a rock that said about 50,000 years ago and the only way i could be there all dug out where by native americans
DeleteDear class,
ReplyDeleteI baleve that native americans came to america by boat and crossed the pacific but not i 1 jurny. They stoped at islands to claim land. Scientists have proof that native americans came from different countrys.
Scientists have proof that native americans are related to Chinese, Koreans, Japanese, etc.
Thanks for reading,
Archer
Where is your link to a website or video to show us where you got your information?
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