Theories Of Native Americans

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Most people know that Native Americans predate America. They have been living in the United States since before America was discovered by Christopher Columbus. What people don’t know is that the Native Americans must have migrated from somewhere to the United States. There are a few different theories as to where Native Americans came from and some of them conflict with what Native Americans believe themselves. The most popular and widely believed theory is that they came during the last Ice Age and crossed the Bering Strait from north or central Asia. They ended up in Alaska and migrated south in 200 to 1300 A.D. The people were called Athabaskan and later became the Navajo people. The Athabaskan had two separate groups: the Northern and the