where did the native americans immigrate from?

Question

I'm trying to get answers on if this group colonized or immigrated, or both.... I can't seem to get what I'm looking for on web pages. Thanks!

Answer 1

LONG BEFORE the white man set foot on American soil, the American Indians, or rather the Native Americans, had been living in America. When the Europeans came here, there were probably about 10 million Indians populating America north of present-day Mexico. And they had been living in America for quite some time. It is believed that the first Native Americans arrived during the last ice-age, approximately 20,000 - 30,000 years ago through a land-bridge across the Bering Sound, from northeastern Siberia into Alaska. The oldest documented Indian cultures in North America are Sandia (15000 BC), Clovis (12000 BC) and Folsom (8000 BC)

Although it is believed that the Indians originated in Asia, few if any of them came from India. The name "Indian" was first applied to them by Christopher Columbus, who believed mistakenly that the mainland and islands of America were part of the Indies, in Asia.

Answer 2

You can't find information because there is no scientific proof for the theory of Native migration. There is the land bridge theory. It is a well know form of scientific racism. It suggests Natives migrated across a land bridge from Asia to Alaska and then spread through the U.S. There is, in fact, more evidence against this theory than there is for it. It is an attempt to take away Natives right to self-determination. It also makes descendants of colonizers feel better if they believe Natives were immigrants because then they think everyone had equal rights to the land. Today this theory is believed in blind faith. Rarely anyone looks into the theory and finds that there isn't much scientific support for it. If you want more information read "Red Earth White Lies" by Vine Deloria Jr.
Also, there has never been any information that i've heard that suggests Native North Americans were colonizers.


CrazyEagle: It's so great to see another educated Native out there. Thanx for the input!

Answer 3

How did they possibly get here if they did not emigrate from some other land? Whether you believe in Creationism or Darwinism, human life did not begin on this continent. Therefore, the American Indian HAD to have come from somewhere else. Did you think they just sprung up out of the American soil? It s only common sense that they are immigrants. We are all immigrants.

Answer 4

we didnt colonize or emigrate from anywhere...scientists have SPECULATED that Native Americans came across the Bering Straits when the land was iced up, but there is no positive proof physical or otherwise that this actually happened. We know that we were the original inhabitants of what is known as North America

Answer 5

I'll agree with jtexperience. But notice that he says "it is believed...". That is, the land bridge is a theory; and yes, a strong theory. But there is very little concrete evidence. Nor is there proof that all "Indians" came from the same place -- could it be that some came via the Alaska and some came other ways? I allude to the Kon Tiki boat theories.

Answer 6

I had heard in my history class that they came across the small land peninsula that attached Russia to Alaska.

Answer 7

Asia - China, Russia

Answer 8

they didnot immigrate they were already here it the whites that pushed them away and they want the land back

Answer 9

they came from the asia alaska bridge thousands of years ago.