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Christopher Columbus: Nomadic Ancestors Of Modern Day

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Many people think that Christopher Columbus’ ships sailed the sea and arrived on the land we know today as America. Although that may be true, thousands of years before Christopher Columbus made his discovery, there were nomadic ancestors of modern day, known as Native Americans, who traveled the world from Asia to what is now Alaska. Majority of Native American groups lived as hunter-gatherers, and used historical traditions to retain their history such as story-telling and art work. Native Americans and their descendants had to adapt everywhere they traveled, but ran into many misfortunes as diseases and plagues raged their tribes.

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