The term “Anasazi” is a Navajo word = means “ancient enemy.”
The Pueblo peoples of New Mexico and Arizona do not refer to their ancestors in such a disrespectful manner, so an appropriate term to use is Ancestral Puebloans.
The Apache and Navajo are from Canada and Alaska. Their Athabascan ancestors migrated into the New Mexico region . when the Spanish were moving north from Mexico..
The Apache and Navajo are from Canada and Alaska. Their Athabascan ancestors migrated into the New Mexico region . when the Spanish were moving north from Mexico..
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I have read recently that there were two migrations into north america from asia in the last 2000 years. An earlier one about 200 AD from which many tribes from the US southeast and southwest still descend. Another migration came about 800 AD from which most tribes of canada and the US north and northeast still descend. This group was responsible for the destruction of the big mound in cahokia IL about 1275 AD.
I’ve read that this narrative comes from pairing patrilineal genetics with the folk histories of the tribes themselves.
But I’ve only seen this in one youtube. So I’m not sure what to think of it.
What are you reading and hearing about the histories of north american tribes.