Who Were The First Indigenous People In North America?

Question

I've heard that there was research showing that Indians were not the first inhabitants of North America, but Norse(Germanic) People were. Research being conducted was silenced by wealthy Indian tribes.
Personally I don't think it matters that much. It's like "King of the Hill". Doesn't matter if you were there first, it matters who is there now and who will be there when the game is over.

I guess I should have asked at what point in our history did we define ourselves as human. I am familiar with the "Bering Straight Land Bridge" courtesy of the Discovery Channel, but I thought that at that time, homo sapiens were not what we are today... If I remember my history, there were numerous major changes during our evolution.

Answer 1

The indigenous peoples of the Americas were the pre-Columbian inhabitants of the Americas, their descendants, and many ethnic groups who identify with those historical peoples. (The precise definition of the term is the subject of the Native American name controversy.)

According to current scientific knowledge, human beings did not evolve in North or South America but instead arrived by sea or by a land bridge that formerly connected North America with Asia. Most (if not all) of those indigenous peoples descended from peoples living in Siberia. They entered North America by at least 12,000 years ago and diversified into hundreds of culturally distinct nations and tribes.[1]

Some indigenous peoples of the Americas supported agriculturally advanced societies for thousands of years. In some regions they created large sedentary chiefdom polities, and had advanced state level societies with monumental architecture and large-scale, organized cities. Scholars' estimates of the total population of the Americas before European contact vary enormously, from a low of 10 million to a high of 112 million

Answer 2

I would say the American Indians, but it is a mystery where they came from. The Indians in South America had civilizations that were equal to Rome,Greece, and Egypt. The Indians of South America probably were descended from the North American Indians. Some say that they were related to the Phonecians and the Mongolians, but this is a very controversial theory with little evidence. There is also strong evidence that supports the theory that the Eskimos in Alaska and Canada were related to the Siberian Eskimos. It was probably this group or a close relative that drove the Vikings out of Newfoundland. There is also evidence that the Chinese may have made it to America, about 45 years before Columbus. There is also the storys from the "Book of Mormon" as well.

Answer 3

Iroquoisan Peoples: Seneca, Cayuga, Onondoga, Oneida, Mohawk, Tuscarora, Cherokee, Huron/Wyandot Siouan Peoples: Teton Lakota (Blackfeet, Sans Arc, Hunkpapa, Brule', etc.), Santee Dakota, Nakota, Saponi, Catawba, Assinniboin, Stoney, Oto/Missouria, Omaha, Iowa Caddoan People: Pawnee, Arikara/Ree Apache People: Mescalaro, Chiracahua Algonquin People: Blackfeet, Delaware Additional: Inuit, Chickasaw, Creek, Choctaw, Shawnee, Navajo, Zuni, Hopi, Pueblo, Crow, Arapaho, Peoria, Kaskaskia, Cahokia, Sac, Fox, Ute, Shoshone, Nez Perce, There are over 550 native nations in North America... these will get you started

Answer 4

The First Culture group in America were the Clovis People, a ancient nomadic culture named after their arrow heads. They orginated from Asia. The Norse were the first Europeans but never made a perminant settlement in North America

Answer 5

the first were probably mongolian nomads who crossed over the land bridge across the bering sea between siberia and alaska. it is believed to have been about ywenty thousand years ago. vikings were the first europeans to reach this continet about a thoiusand years ago and archeological evidence in the newfoundland region supports the theory. just so you know, the norse were not germanic. the germanic were migrants from eastern europe around the caucasus regions of russia.

Answer 6

The first peoplewalkedacross the ice bridge from northern asia about the time the last big ice age started melting about 35000 years ago. The norse didn't show up until about 1600 years ago. You figure the math

Answer 7

First people in North America came from the vast continent of Atlantica, known as the hominid.
When the game is over, no one will be here!

Answer 8

yah the arian race ruled the earth before our history

descedents form atlantis civilazation

they should of again if soem higehr powers woudl intetvine to stop
the fuhrer

anyhow

Answer 9

Inuit

Answer 10

I heard that it was Australian Aboriginies, that there skulls were found in brazil, the oldest skulls ever found in America.