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Prehistoric Skeleton Found In Mexico Sheds Light On First Americans

Prehistoric Skeleton Found In Mexico Sheds Light On First Americans

 

In this June 2013 photo provided by National Geographic, diver Susan Bird, working at the bottom of Hoyo Negro, a large dome-shaped underwater cave in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, brushes a human skull found at the site while her team members take detailed photographs.

Thousands of years ago, a teenage girl fell into this deep hole and died. Now, her skeleton and her DNA are helping scientists study the origins of the first Americans.

An analysis of her remains was released Thursday, May 15, 2014 by the journal Science. Her DNA links her to an ancient land bridge connecting Asia and North America, and suggests she shares ancestors with the modern native peoples of the Americas.

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(AP Photo/National Geographic, Paul Nicklen)

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Freedom Babies

Freedom Babies

 

This documentary follows Kanahus over the course of a year as she raises her babies decolonized and free from the restrictions of the Canadian government. Kanahus and her father, Arthur Manuel, reminisce about the plight they have faced against the Canadian government in their effort to fight against colonization by encouraging Indigenous people to live free. 

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Ely Samuel Parker, Seneca

Ely Samuel Parker, Seneca

See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations   Ely Samuel Parker (1828 – August 31, 1895), (born Hasanoanda, later known as Donehogawa) was a Seneca attorney, engineer, and tribal diplomat. He was commissioned a lieutenant colonel during the American Civil War, when he served as adjutant to General Ulysses S. Grant. He wrote the final draft of the Confederate surrender terms

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Smallpox 1775-1782

Smallpox 1775-1782

See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations   Between 1775 and 1782 a smallpox epidemic swept through North America, shaping the course of the American Revolution and decimating native communities across the continent. A research and teaching tool, Pox Americana allows users to watch the epidemic unfold and read the accounts of those who witnessed (and survived) its devastating effects. The seed data

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Red Dog and his daughters (Oglala)

See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations   When Hernando de Soto carved his way through the Southeast in the 1540s, there were some eight million Native Americans living in North America. By 1900, the population had fallen by more than 95%.  For every twenty American Indians alive in 1500, there was only a single survivor four hundred years later. In

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Worst Slaughter Of Amerindian People In U.S. History – California

Worst Slaughter Of Amerindian People In U.S. History - California

See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations Every Indian head brought to Shasta City was worth five dollars. And California’s state treasury reimbursed many of the local governments for their expenses. There were some 150,000 Indians in California before the Forty-niners came. By 1870, there would be fewer than 30,000. It was the worst slaughter of Indian peoples in United States

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