[Vigilanteman]

Interesting. The Piute, as you probably know, are a branch of the Ute whereas the Hopi are related to the Pueblo group (including Zuni). Both consider themselves as a more advanced civilization than their neighbors such as the Apache or Navajo, who likely were driven to survive by raiding their neighbors after being driven out of their ancestral homelands to the south and east, probably by tribes escaping the advance of the Aztec.

First I have heard about the Florida route, though I would not utterly discount it. What a lot of people fail to realize is that oceanic navigation skills will be quickly lost after a couple of generations on non-use by migrating civilizations.

[Duchess47]

You guys have me interested now, I’ll have to ask him for more information on tribal lore next time I see him or his son.