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The Pros And Cons Of Native Americans

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Scientifically speaking, we are still unsure how the first American Indians came from Asia to North America. Today, three divergent viewpoints are asserted by the community of scholars and Native Americans: The Bering Strait theory, in which Native Americans came from northern Asians who migrated to North America by crossing a land bridge that is now sunken due to the glaciers melting at the end of the last Ice Age. The Multiple Migrations Theory, where Native Americans came to North America via a myriad of different routes around the globe, and the Indigenous Origin theory, in which most members of the Native American community have been native to the Americas and have been on the continent “since the first day of light.” The ideas that the

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