Native Americans
The Beginning
"Imagine 40,000 years ago ... the last great ice sheet still covers much of the north. You are a hunter with your family, tracking animals for food and for hides to make warm clothing. You carry a stone-tipped spear. On foot, you follow wild herds through the cold and fog. You cross a bridge of ice. On the other side, you find a new land. You do not know that it is a new land. You only know that there are no human enemies to stop you.
You keep pushing south, following the herds. You find paradise - elk, deer, bison, wild vegetables, wild fruits - and forests, with so many trees - and squirrels and rabbits. Fish leap from the streams.
As time goes by, other people find their way across the frozen land.
Many years pass. The ice begins to melts. Now there is a wide strip of water where once there was a walkway of thick ice. Still, people find their way across the Bering Strait in boats of bark and hide ..."
Source: http://nativeamericans.mrdonn.org/iceage.html
Click on the above glacier photo to find out what happens next!
You keep pushing south, following the herds. You find paradise - elk, deer, bison, wild vegetables, wild fruits - and forests, with so many trees - and squirrels and rabbits. Fish leap from the streams.
As time goes by, other people find their way across the frozen land.
Many years pass. The ice begins to melts. Now there is a wide strip of water where once there was a walkway of thick ice. Still, people find their way across the Bering Strait in boats of bark and hide ..."
Source: http://nativeamericans.mrdonn.org/iceage.html
Click on the above glacier photo to find out what happens next!
The First Americans
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Native American Facts for Kids
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Native American Tribes by Region
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Native American Tribe Research
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Native American History Slideshow View Full Sizes: Native American History Photos Native American People
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Native American Art by Region
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Native American Symbolism
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