[Eternal_Bear]

Doesn't matter where our ancestors came from. Native Americans like myself are still their descendants.

[fish hawk]

Hey...Eternal Bear, welcome to Free Republic. Nice to have another warrior aboard. I was starting to feel like Tonto amongst a band of masked men. Aloha from Maui ~~{;^D
What tribe? what area? Hit me on the private line if you dont care to say here. Freegards

[blam]

"Doesn't matter where our ancestors came from. Native Americans like myself are still their descendants."

The archaeological data indicate that the American Indians (as we know them today) have only been in North America for about six thousand years. Previous to about six thousand years ago the people here appear to be decendents of the Joman from the area of Japan. The Joman seem to have gone extinct (in North America) at about the six thousand year threshhold. The oldest dated skeleton ever found in the Americas (Brazil) is clearly an African, her name is Zuzia.