How many are out there that believe that the "American Indians" aren't the natives they claim to be ?

Question

Or better stated that the Old World knew about the New World and forgot about it and then rediscovered it after the "American Indians" came here.

Keeping in mind that they have now as of about 50 years ago and then more recently found more evidence to back that up that The old world knew and then forgot and then of corse don't forget Leif Erikson the Viking but I am not talking about him before him.

I by the way have Cherokee and Creek and my husband and kids have Shawnee,
This is not a question of bigotry, I love history and in looking into it it seems to indicate that there were others here before the Am. In or Red man
Beside which In the book White Woman of Ganesee Co. about a white woman who grew up raised by the Indians and was shown a clife of bones and told that those were white mans bones and they were here before them.

Answer 1

Nothing is known for sure about earliest peoples in America and Canada, though it is believed that the Indians crossed over territory that is now ocean into the Americas. I think it is good that investigations into the beginnings are being done, but, as far as the "modern" world is concerned, the Indians have been here longest. Come to that, no-one knows where the peoples around the globe came from - there have been mass migrations through all history, and the Irish are believed to be descended from ancient eastern Europeans now, who went to the island now known as Ireland to settle, for example. Your question deserves more stars.

Answer 2

There seem to be a rash of questions here lately along the lines of "Aren't the Native Americans a bunch of fakers and isn't it true that righteous white people actually got to the Americas first?" I am always highly suspicious of such questions because they smell more than a little of bigotry.

Most theories state that early man swarmed across the Bering Strait land bridge during an ice age and then pushed southwards all the way down to Tierra del Fuego. This would've been long and long ago. Is it possible that the Chinese later sailed over to check things out? Sure, but that wouldn't have happened until the 1400s at best, and it's clear that major Mesoamerican civilizations already existed by then. Same thing with the Vikings...sure, they got to Newfoundland, but it was already inhabited. Any Asian or European "discovery" of the Americas prior to 1492 probably couldn't have taken place very much earlier than 100 AD if we're being extremely generous and posit that the Romans could've built a ship capable of crossing the Atlantic, and since they were not really much of a sea power and preferred galleys in the Mediterranean, this seems unlikely to say the least.

For the Old World to have discovered a pristine and empty North or South America would've involved some proto-proto-Sumerians building a raft, sailing down the Tigris and out into the Arabian Gulf and then across the Indian Ocean and then across the Pacific to make landfall at, let's say, the coast of present-day Peru. Does that seem likely? That's so far-fetched that it makes theories of ancient astronauts seem plausible.

Answer 3

Every theory I've ever read suggested that the native population originated from somewhere else and migrated to North America some time before recorded history. So they'd be the closest thing to indigenous you can get. There are theories about vikings finding the new world, but not successfully colonizing it permanently. Easily possible, even proven to a certain degree. However, I personally doubt that the "white man" found the continent first, or left any significant presence.

As for a story about bones in a cliff, how would a stone age culture determine if those bones were from a white, red, yellow, or purple skinned person? As enlightened as the native cultures generally were, they were not as advanced. They simply had not been around as long and were still evolving.

Answer 4

We go around the mulberry bush.
Who invented that first? A person who spoke a language that is universal today. The less significant languages are ignored. Now about the Red Indians. For the average person it matters not one hoot. Australia was 'discovered' by Holland and England colonized it. Never mind that there is overwhelming evidence that the Portuguese were here long before the Dutch and the Chinese and Egyptians were here long before the Portuguese. There are cuneiforms of boomerangs in the pyramids. Don't mention in Holland that Gutenberg invented the printing press. Shakespeare's poetry was not written by Shakespeare but by another bloke by the name of Shakespeare. But while we are here we may as well learn something. If you have a KJVth Bible look up Psalms 46. Count 46 words from the start and then go to the end and count back 46 words. Those 2 words, joined, spell Shakespeare. And the Bible came out in the year when Shakespeare was 46 years of age. How does this blend in with Red Indians? I don't know but I am working on it. lol

Answer 5

White men may have discovered and forgotten about America before it was found and kept found....I doubt though that they had found it 25,000 years ago unless they then stayed, becoming native Americans themselves. I know the book you are talking about and believe it is possible that white men have come at various times through history. In most cases though I don't think they were able to get back "home" and ended up interbreeding with other tribes. In which case other nations (ie...the folks back home) would not have know about the "New World"

Answer 6

Well it depends on how far back you go...

If you believe in Pangaea, then yes.....

Otherwise, NO...

Besides when US was discovered, the explorers were looking for India, in South Asia, not for long lost relatives....

I am not sure any proof was found that Vikings settled on Americas because of the time involved. There was a land bridge between US and Russia. I remember that but...

My grandfather was 100% Indian, so pardon my offense.....

Answer 7

Enough time has elapsed since the native americans roamed north america that we will never know the answer to this question.








g-day!

Answer 8

I vote nay

Answer 9

And the point of this essay is....? Getting to say "mine"?

Answer 10

no sweety those are actual americans