In the eyes of Native Americans, why would their be an issue with it? I am writing a report. Please offer real answers.
2006-08-30 05:32:55 · 5 answers · asked by doomonyou! 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
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2006-08-30 09:11:12 · update #1
Well the issue with that land bridge is that it is being used to discount Natives as the original inhabitants of North America, by attributing our existence to being some how European or Asia.
The Bering strait or Alaskan land bridge was can be disproved by archaeological finds that predate the land bridge theory.(check on first link)
However, it is still being taught in higher education. Take my "Current Events" class, when giving a brief history of Canada we natives were referred to being from Mongolia. When i disputed this fact, i was failed out of the class.
2006-09-01 06:22:55 · answer #1 · answered by Miss J 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't know what there would be an issue with it. I am some Native American and I do believe that indians migrated from Asia to North America across the Bering Land Strait. I guess they just feel that it makes them seem like they haven't always been inhabitants of this country but they were still here before the white man and he did them extremely wrong.
2006-08-30 06:49:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm no one to really say much...but it would probably depend on how tight they hold to their individual cultures' creation stories. Those that are firm believers of their own stories about how their people came to be may be as against the 'Bering Strait' theory as some Christian's are to evolution.
2006-08-31 15:32:02 · answer #3 · answered by Indigo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What is the Bering Land Strait Theory ...... ?
2006-08-30 05:35:38 · answer #4 · answered by RedCloud_1998 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2006-08-30 05:36:04 · answer #5 · answered by bonzo the tap dancing chimp 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋