Stuart, As the fields covering this subject are archeology, geography, science, history and more, a small bite for 10 to 14 year olds would be fascinating. For in-depth learning, however, it is more appropriate for HS, college and graduate students.
'Geneticists now calculate, based on mutation rates in human DNA, that the ancestors of …
Stuart, As the fields covering this subject are archeology, geography, science, history and more, a small bite for 10 to 14 year olds would be fascinating. For in-depth learning, however, it is more appropriate for HS, college and graduate students.
'Geneticists now calculate, based on mutation rates in human DNA, that the ancestors of the Native Americans parted from their kin in their East Asian homeland sometime between 25,000 and 15,000 years ago—a difficult time for a great northern migration. Huge glaciers capped the mountain valleys of northeastern Asia, at the same time massive ice sheets mantled most of Canada, New England and several northern states. Indeed, reconstructions of past climate based on data preserved in ice cores from Greenland and on measurements of past global sea levels show that these ice sheets reached their maximum extent in the last glacial period between at least 22,000 and 19,000 years ago. “But these folks were extraordinarily adept at moving over the landscape,” says David Meltzer, an archaeologist at Southern Methodist University. “Their entire existence—and the existence of everyone they knew and the existence of their ancestors—was about adapting. They had a toolbox of tactics and strategies.” (First Americans, Scientific American)
Of course, White settlers', soldiers', politicians', business owners', etc., relationships with Indigenous Americans is one at the defining aspects of the USA. The conflicts of White people and the 'Others' that's at least a few bibles.
'Native Americans, also known as American Indians, First Americans, Indigenous Americans and other terms, are the indigenous peoples of the United States; sometimes including Hawaii and territories of the United States, and other times limited to the mainland. There are 574 federally recognized tribes living within the US, about half of which are associated with Indian reservations. "Native Americans" (as defined by the United States Census) are indigenous tribes that are originally from the contiguous United States, along with Alaska Natives...'
Stuart, As the fields covering this subject are archeology, geography, science, history and more, a small bite for 10 to 14 year olds would be fascinating. For in-depth learning, however, it is more appropriate for HS, college and graduate students.
'Geneticists now calculate, based on mutation rates in human DNA, that the ancestors of the Native Americans parted from their kin in their East Asian homeland sometime between 25,000 and 15,000 years ago—a difficult time for a great northern migration. Huge glaciers capped the mountain valleys of northeastern Asia, at the same time massive ice sheets mantled most of Canada, New England and several northern states. Indeed, reconstructions of past climate based on data preserved in ice cores from Greenland and on measurements of past global sea levels show that these ice sheets reached their maximum extent in the last glacial period between at least 22,000 and 19,000 years ago. “But these folks were extraordinarily adept at moving over the landscape,” says David Meltzer, an archaeologist at Southern Methodist University. “Their entire existence—and the existence of everyone they knew and the existence of their ancestors—was about adapting. They had a toolbox of tactics and strategies.” (First Americans, Scientific American)
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-first-americans/
Of course, White settlers', soldiers', politicians', business owners', etc., relationships with Indigenous Americans is one at the defining aspects of the USA. The conflicts of White people and the 'Others' that's at least a few bibles.
'Native Americans, also known as American Indians, First Americans, Indigenous Americans and other terms, are the indigenous peoples of the United States; sometimes including Hawaii and territories of the United States, and other times limited to the mainland. There are 574 federally recognized tribes living within the US, about half of which are associated with Indian reservations. "Native Americans" (as defined by the United States Census) are indigenous tribes that are originally from the contiguous United States, along with Alaska Natives...'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States
Indeed.