DNA harvested from the remains of an infant buried 13,000 years ago confirms The decedents crossed over from Asia to the New World. This find also lead the researcher to figuring out Native Americans could be direct descendants to the Clovis people.
How did they get There? Land Bridge Theory Coastal Route Theory Atlantic Maritime Theory (There could be older evidence to prove the first Americans, It has yet to be found) Human Migration Map Oldest Burial Yields DNA Evidence of First Americans Clovis People, Not the First Americans |
Rolo ( Bad river Ojibwa Journalist ) set out on a journey to head to the city of his child-hood dreams, Los Angeles . L.A. is no the home to the largest Native American community in the nation. Most Indians journeys including Rolo's started at Sherman Institute Indian School in Riverside.
We are then introduced to Tara Baugus, a previous student at the school who is now teaching native languages. Annette Phoenix, a single mom of four who relies on the center to help her teach her children about their Arizona Tohono O’Odham tribal heritage. Through out the movie Rolo discusses-
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Due to the impossible trek of trying to reach Asia from Europe on land Portuguese explorers figured out the sea would be a faster and safer route. They sailed South along the west African coast and around the Cape of Good Hope. Columbus thought it would be easier to sail not around Africa but across the Atlantic. He argued in full belief that The Earth's circumference was smaller then what everyone thought so this trip Across the Atlantic would be much faster and quit easy. In 1491 Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand he found someone to listen and test his theory. Columbus wanted fame and fortune, the King and Queen wanted that too, as well as the opportunity to Spread Catholicism to new parts of the world.-"Columbus’ contract with the Spanish rulers promised that he could keep 10 percent of whatever riches he found, along with a noble title and the governorship of any lands he should encounter.
On August 3, 1492, Columbus and his crew set sail from Spain in three ships: the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria. On October 12, the ships made landfall–not in Asia, as Columbus assumed, but on one of the Bahamian islands. For months, Columbus sailed from island to island in what we now know as the Caribbean, looking for the “pearls, precious stones, gold, silver, spices, and other objects and merchandise whatsoever” that he had promised to his Spanish patrons, but he did not find much. In March 1493, leaving 40 men behind in a makeshift settlement on Hispaniola (present-day Haiti and the Dominican Republic), he returned to Spain."- from- ( link to website ) After The Mayflower
Before the pilgrims Arrived- the Wampanoag tribe lived in a place of privilege
When the Pilgrims Arrived- The pilgrims animals would eat the Indians food They would see boats and fisherman. They would trade the pilgrims where gaining trust so the could conquer the land. After the Pilgrims arrived- Their effects where devastating to the Indians. They took Phillip trying to take his land back as a sign of him being a traitor and he was killed, along with thousands of other Indians. ( Video ) ( Transcript ) |
Children Of the Plains
We Are More than that
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Kids from the Children Of the Plains program Made a rebuttal video.
The problems they have in their community do not define who they are as people and they are worth so much more Love, Respect, Endurance, Tradition, determination, Faith, Hope |