It was not the indian America how was here before any inmigrant?
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how cool would america be if it was left alone and the native americans still lived there. america is just a society built on money, material objects and guns.
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No they werent the records indicate that people migrated since there were people.  No country has an "indigenous" population, just earlier and later migrations.  The trick is for the indigenous population to preserve itself from the migrants.  The great wall of china is an example of this.  The Huns & Rome etc.
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Actually, they are both quite similar.  The indigenous people in North America were living pretty much in peace with their neighbors when the White Man moved in and begin killing them off so they could take over their lands.\n\nThe Indians didn't believe in OWNING the land, but merely using the land and living on the land.  The Europeans, however, came to the New World LOOKING for lands they could confiscate.\n\nThe Palistinians were living on the land when Isreal dropped in on them... back in the BRONZE AGE... but it wasn't until after WW2 when the borders were drawn by England, America and other countries, to provide a homeland for the displaced Jews from war torn Europe and pushed the rightful owners of the lands, the Palistinians, off their ancestral homes and then build jewish settlements on top of them.
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America was not "discovered" since it already inhabitants.
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Native Americans did just fine in the world they lived in.  The white man moved in and upset their culture.  The white man spread disease and killed them outright.  The natives were lied to just to swindle them out of the land that was theirs to begin with.
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migrated from India ?? don't you mean migrated to India from Pakistan?
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My standard response, when answering q's on immigration, reproduced here below\n\nI am not a Greaser, but do sympathise with them if you have nerds and as.sholes with ideas such as your governments.\n\nI wonder if the original native Americans (Red Injuns as you called em) had a say in the matter when the whites from across the ocean invaded their country and all but exterminated them.\n\nYou, dear person are also a descendant of immigrants yourself, I'm sure, as are most of the white and black American folks replying to you, unless you are of Native American descent (which I am sure you would not be proud to proclaim, if you were). Even the guys who came over on the Mayfair, they initiated the unjustness by being the harbingers of terror that culminated in the annihilation of native Americans\n\nI wonder when the Caucasian will ever get over the white 'massa' superiority complex?\n\n\nAmerica has been drawing people from all over the world, right from the days of it's discovery as a land with the fabled pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. Give it some more time, you'll end up with an exodus of people, as is happening among the immigrants from India which is gaining from the Brain Gain as opposed to the earlier brain drain.\n\nI remember when my cousin migrated to the US in the seventies, people had similar complaints about the Indians.\n\nTh reverse is happening now, a number of western countries have their top people insisting on an India stint, and the Indians, well they wanna come back to their roots\n\nst
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Lol at babo02350, The vikings where reaching the shores of northern America in the 12:th century. That was waaay back. \n\nAbout the emigration around between 1840's and 1880's, many left the country because of famine, poverty, differences between classes (the rich were very rich, the poor were very poor) and a lot of promises that all this would change in "the new country". \n\nUnfortunately it wasn't exactly true of course, that they would turn fortunate just by migrating. but I guess that's the reason people are willing to give up old lives even in these days, a strong belief in a better life can make people do most anything. \n\nA recommendation of a good novel about this time and the situation in the old country is The emigrants by Vilhelm Moberg. Very good book. \n\nhttp://www.amazon.com/Emigrants-Vilhelm-Moberg/dp/0873513193/sr=81/qid=1162417961/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-5385838-4746533?ie=UTF8&s=books\n\nOn this page there are some links that could help you with the question on contribution:\nhttp://www.migrationinstitute.fi/nordic/Links/Scandinavian%20Organizations.htm
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Ok....let's get one thing straight.  When my (and many others) ancestors came here long ago IT WASN"T ILLEGAL!!!  Most of them came here not for money or a better life but for life itself (jews, scots, irish).  They had people actually killing them, I mean gun to the head, knife to the heart.  And they came to this country and FOUGHT for this country, losing whole families along the way.  I live in the south and am a proud southerner (that does not mean racist), my family were poor dirt farmers from Tennessee who scraped by with what they could grow or what they could buy with the little money my father (who had to drop out of school at the age of 12 to get a job - only boy out of 11 children - and fought in Vietnam) made doing odd jobs.  Today we have laws in place to stop the over population of our country.  My husband is an immigrant who went through the proper channels.  Yes, it cost money that we didn't have but we STILL went through the proper channels.  They will let you in unless you have something to hide, all you have to do is fill out the paper work and wait.  I know that today time is money and one day can mean the life and death of someone you love but AMERICA is NOT to blame for the state of your home country.  I am all for immigration if it is done legally!  As far as I am concerned, whether you come from Mexico, China, England, France, or Tim-buck-too, if you come here illegally you should be prepared to face the repercussions of doing so.  Breaking the law is breaking the law, period.  No one is above it (with the exception of the Bosh family - or so they wish us to believe).
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Save for the Native American Indians, isn't everyone from the US originally an immigrant?
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OK thats a good question ... up to now I do agree with Gonzalez... I hate to tell you this mi amigo Hayleylov but it is true that there was a big part of land that was taken (NOT Conquered)that is known as US territory now. It is on many US History books and Predator maybe you should take a look before telling someone to read history without reading it yourself first.Pain and blood had run through the US street as well. Back in the time there were the indians who were forced to become "The Guests" of their OWN LAND and the worst part is that they still suffering the damage that this society have done to them. A fair land??? Yes it was fair for the ones that took the Land and worked the slaves. I mean common people this country was build on many people's pain and it continues to be that way until we stop to THINK whats really a GOOD REASON to treat humans that bad (Is power a good reason?) . Otherwise, kingdoms collapse like many did back on time. The pain will continue even if they legalize millions of people (mexicans, asians, cubans etc) it doesnt matter if the racism and hate still spreads around. What difference will it make????  \nPlus this country is based on immigration LEGAL or ILLEGAL you' all got here someway or another dindt ya?... So pleeeeeeeease stop being such close minded and be realistic for once before making comments. And do whatever you want to do with illegals as long as you do it as a ONE NATION UNDER GOD. Peace =)
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people will tell you we crossed the land bridge between siria and alaska meaning we migrated somewhere from siria or india, however this fact was later disputed due to archological finds predating this concept. \n\nOur history tells us we've been here since time immemorial
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A good one is "Go back to europe"!!! LMAO!!\n\n\nMy ancestors are TRUE north American natives. (1/4 Creek) Unlike the people from south of the border who try to say that they were here first.. Why don't they stick to their own side of the planet? Why do they think they can tell the Europeans to 'go home' when they have even LESS business here? As long as you benefit the country, you're welcomed as far as I'm concerned. MANY north American natives married and had children with 'white' people. How can Anyone tell us to go home just because of our appearance and not our heritage or blood line?? GET A CLUE!!!!!!!!!
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A lot of UK immigrants came to Canada around the late 1800's early 1900's becouse of industrilization. Peasants were driven from their homes so sheep could roam the countryside for textiles, famine was wide spread and Canada and America were the New World. People were promised land and a new start  some worked on vessels for their passage. Many died on the way over. When they came to the New World they found a very new and wild country and they had to do whatever jobs were available a lot became boat builders or lumberers or worked for the railways then they begin to homestead westward. Excellent referance can be found at Halifaxs Pier 21 or the National Archives in Ottawa. If you know where your Great grandfathered entered the country you can go to the archives there or web search and they will have some records. Good Luck
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Back to sqaure one, my oft repeated answer to such q's (apt, and anyway  it does get me two points) \n\nI wonder if the original native Americans (Red Injuns as you called em) had a say in the matter when the whites from across the ocean invaded their country and all but exterminated them.\n\nYou, dear person are also a descendant of immigrants yourself, I'm sure, as are most of the white and black American folks replying to you, unless you are of Native American descent (which I am sure you would not be proud to proclaim, if you were). Even the guys who came over on the Mayfair, they initiated the unjustness by being the harbingers of terror that culminated in the annihilation of native Americans\n\nI wonder when the Caucasian will ever get over the white 'massa' superiority complex?\n\n\nAmerica has been drawing people from all over the world, right from the days of it's discovery as a land with the fabled pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. Give it some more time, you'll end up with an exodus of people, as is happening among the immigrants from India which is gaining from the Brain Gain as opposed to the earlier brain drain.\n\nI remember when my cousin migrated to the US in the seventies, people had similar complaints about the Indians.\n\nTh reverse is happening now, a number of western countries have their top people insisting on an India stint, and the Indians, well they wanna come back to their roots.\n\nSo this is gonna happen with the 'greasers' as you seem to allude to the people of Mexican descent in your polite, but hard hitting questions in the immigration section of Yahoo Answers!
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By definition, the Native Americans who came across the Bering Sea (in theory):\nhttp://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/immigrant\n\nOtherwise--the first non-native to arrive was Leif Erikson:\nhttp://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN1575056496&id=sZwtPXP4uygC&pg=PA3&lpg=PA3&dq=first+person+to+set+foot+in+America&prev=http://books.google.com/books%3Fq%3Dfirst%2Bperson%2Bto%2Bset%2Bfoot%2Bin%2BAmerica&sig=K-S6AAqUaDtl0H2no_c3qaTmoJ8
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We call ourselves Native becuase the Creator put us here, not anywhere else.  The whole Bering Straight thing is BS.  We are smart enough to know where we are from-its no mystery to us.\n\nIf your descendants are Native to Europe, then youre European.  Asia, then Asian.  You people came from somewhere and it wasn't here, so do some research.  if you just dont know, fine, call yourself Native American and see how that works out for you.  I bet you'll find it dosent work out too good.  Most Indians I know prefer to go by our first names anyway.