when and how did the native americans get here?
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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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native Americans died from the same things as other cultures.  use your imagination.  . They had added pressure of course from Europeans stealing their land and sending them off to reservations in the middle of nowhere.  Look up 'trails of tears' in an encyclopedia.  When they were thrown off their lands many died from disease, exhaustion and just pure sadness as not only did they lose their homeland but also their way of life. i.e. tribes in the north east , who farmed and fished were moved to the desert, where they could not pursue their old way of life.  The land they were moved to could not sustain them and although the government allocated money and food these were often stolen - often by the people who were supposed to deliver them.
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Even the "Native" Americans are immigrants.  They came from Asia about 14,000 years ago.  No humans evolved in the Americas.  All came from somewhere else.  Indeed, the only continent that has any "natives" at all is Africa, where humanity evolved.  They are immigrants everywhere else.
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The Native Americans got screwed.
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what is your question? \nIs it about the Cuban coyotes or Mexican immigration/emigration?\nWhat is your point?\nThere were native Americans in both Mexico & the USA before "Mexicans" or US Americans - so what?\nMexico couldn't establish a permanent settlement in Texas due to the harsh environment, distance from the Mexican government home base & various native American groups who killed any Mexican who tried. The first true permanent Texas settlements (non-native/Indian) were built by the Anglos from the then young USA.
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The Ancient Times:\n-The first settlers were migrating Polynesians, who navigated the Pacific in voyaging canoes, believed to have first arrived from the Marquesas Islands with subsequent migrations from Tahiti, and perhaps other Pacific islands.  \n-nearly all of the habitable islands in the Pacific Ocean were settled hundreds of years before European sailors dared venture beyond the site of land \n-By the time of Cook's arrival in 1778, the population of Hawai`i had grown to something between 400,000 and 800,000 people, perhaps more.  It was a stone age society since there are no metals found in the islands, however this term might give a false impression that the society was primitive.  Hardly!  Some have estimated that the population of the islands, based on the methods of food production and the living conditions, could have exceeded one million and even approach current day population of 1.2 million\n\nThe Monarchy Years:\n- begins with the unification of the islands by Kamehameha the Great in 1810, shortly after the arrival of Captain Cook, until the overthrow of the Hawaiian government in 1893. During this relatively short period of time, the people of Hawai'i would transition from a feudal society into an independent constitutional monarchy, recognized by other nations around the world.  \n-Two years after the Declaration of Independence, and while the American colonies were still fighting to be independent, Captain James Cook arrived in Hawaii. At the time, Hawaii was in the process of moving from regional monarchs, usually one per island, to a consolidated monarchy that spanned all the islands.\n-Kamehameha I (the Great) of the Island of Hawaii first consolidated his power there. He then conquered Maui and Oahu.Kamehameha then attempted to invade Kauai, but his fleet was turned back by a storm. Following several years, the ruler of Kauai decided to pledge his allegiance to Kamehameha, and the unification of the Hawaiian islands was complete.\n-Hawaii in 1778 in many ways resembled feudal Europe. The major difference, other than religion, was the absence of writing and metal. Hawaii was isolated and had no continuous contact with other civilizations. \n-What took hundreds of years to evolve in Europe, happened virtually overnight in Hawaii. American missionaries arriving in 1820 brought with them not only their religion, but their political and social views. \n-The missionaries taught reading and writing, and the Hawaiians overwhelmingly responded - many say they achieved a higher rate of literacy than that in the United States at the time. By 1840, a mere 62 years after the first European contact, Kamehameha III promulgated the first Hawaiian Constitution. Just as the Magna Charta subjected King John of England to the rule of law, the 1840 Constitution subjected Kamehameha and his heirs to the law. The 1840 Constitution established a House of Nobles and an elected House of Representatives whose assent to new laws and changes to the Constitution was required. In less than a generation Hawaii went from a hereditary despotic government based on divine right to a Constitutional monarchy with an elected legislature.\n-Subsequent Constitutions were adopted in 1852, 1864 and 1887 (the bayonet Constitution). Hawaiian Constitutional history can be viewed as decreasing the powers of the Crown, and increasing those of the people through their elected representatives.\n-The precipitating event for the overthrow of the Monarchy and Queen Lili'uokalani was her proposed new Constitution. Among other things, Queen Lili'uokalani's Constitution would have restored to her the power to appoint the House of Nobles, and to veto Constitutional amendments. \n\nTerritorial Years: 1898 - 1959\n  \n-The Territory of Hawaii was created on July 7, 1898, when Congress passed the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawai'i to the United States. The formal ceremony took place in Honolulu on August 12, 1898. The Newlands Resolution
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Those were lands specifically given to the Indians by the conquerors who also promised them....the conquerors stated That they would respect those land boundaries......I don't blame the Indians at this point from keeping themselves segregated from the rest of America to a certain degree .... look how they were treated.  My ancestors were forced to walk the "Trail of Tears--the Cherokees)   IN MY PLAIN ENGLISH......I feel that "White America" wanted to keep the Indians in their places just as they do today with anyone that they do not consider WHITE.  White is not a race but a skin color.  They are just oppressors.
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Native Americans were here first. They are the original americans. Indians are not from India. They were only called "Indians" because the first settlers didn't have GPS systems or anything and thought they were in India instead of what we now call the U.S.\n\nThe native americans are Asians and originally came here by crossing the Berring Straight from Russia.
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This was before the Americas were civilized, times change.\nDon't try to use some back in the day nonsense to justify illegal immigrants.\n\nMy paternal grandparents came here legally. Not everyone can trace their relatives from the first settlers, those people are rare.
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I have the solution! Give this land back to it's right full occupants!From the very day that the white man stepped on our shores,he began to pollute the land,air and waters,use up all the natural resources.The gov. decided it would be a better life for the Indians to live on a reservation.And when the Indians resisted they began the slaughter of the men,women and children of our Great Indian Tribes!All in the name of "progress" you see if anyone has the right to be upset over the immigration laws,it surely should not be "the white immigrants"
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Here are some search strings that might help you:\n\nhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=cherokee+history&btnG=Search\nhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=history+apache&btnG=Google+Search\nhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=history+hopi&btnG=Google+Search\nhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=apache+%22intertribal+warfare%22+&btnG=Search\n\nOne thing you should be aware of, is that the Apache and Cherokee wouldn't have had much interaction until after the forced relocation of tribes east of the Mississippi (ie, the Trail of Tears).  So in other words, they wouldn't have interacted much with each other until Europeans forced them to share territory in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.\n\nThe Hopi and Apache were more likely to have had intertribal warfare prior to the arrival of Europeans, because their territories were closer together.  In fact, you can pretty much guarantee it, since the name of their tribe comes from a Zuni word for "enemy" - and the Zuni and Hopi are related peoples.\n\nIf worse comes to worse, try contacting the tribal councils of these peoples or a professor of Native American history.  They should have more information at their disposal and be more able to help you.
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Red Indians are Native Americans.  Columbus thought he had found India so he called them indians and it stuck.
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indians  thus known as NATIVE AMERICANS!
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1-they were preparing for a journey in which they were uncertain of the final destination\n2-wild animals\n3-weather\n4-disease and illnesses\n5-hard travel  (no roads, rough terrain)\n6-had to kill their own food to eat to survive\n7-possibility of coming in contact with hostile indians and other settlers that might rob or hurt them\n\nthis is all i can think of right now - good luck!
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O.K. first hand experience here, Chris and i set sail in three ships, after being on the big water for about 2 months, the ships started breaking up and Chris said "Look, that's American wood" i said "Chris the ships are breaking up on us." About that time the guy in the crows nest said "LAND" We got real close to the shore and could see the native Americans celebrating "Not have been discovered yet day", with beer and pizza, then this fine looking little indian girl came running out to the water's edge and said "What are ya'll doing coming around here in those ships", Chris said "We come to discover ya'll, America" she said "y'all need to discover your butt away from here" But, we went ashore and smoked the peace pipe (good stuff), eat pizza and drank some beer with the native Americans, I tried to tell the chief, "Hey when thay start talking about reservations, they ain't talking about no motel man.", but he act like he didn't hear me. That's the way it was back in 1492, just a few short years ago.***
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All Native american tribes had borders before the colonization by the puritans.\n      We had no fences but we all knew where our boundaries were, and if you chose to tresspass upon another tribes territory,you did so at your own peril.  The consequences for trespassing were usually forfeiture of your life.  Just thought you would all like to know...and they called US savages!
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Most of my ancestors came here from Switzerland.They came here because they were being persecuted in their country because of their religion.One of my ancestors actually had his tongue cut out because he was preaching a religion not allowed.They were Mennonites.