@ricardoharvin Only certain kinds of facts are facts. 
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Schools have long taught that humans populated North America around 12K yrs ago by crossing the Bering land bridge.@sarae Actually now that I think about it this hemisphere is not so much the West as kinda the ultra-East.
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Schools have long taught that humans populated North America around 12K yrs ago by crossing the Bering land bridge.@stevefelten I hope so too. Except that some of that wisdom isn't meant to be shared. But the salmon, their habitat, and all American watersheds and lands are crying out to be cared for properly again.
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Schools have long taught that humans populated North America around 12K yrs ago by crossing the Bering land bridge.@sarae I did put some effort into finding a way to shoehorn into this story that chickens got here from SE Asia (SOMEHOW (boats)) well before Europeans crossed the Atlantic.
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Schools have long taught that humans populated North America around 12K yrs ago by crossing the Bering land bridge.@dawnnafus Very glad to clear that up!
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Schools have long taught that humans populated North America around 12K yrs ago by crossing the Bering land bridge.Schools have long taught that humans populated North America around 12K yrs ago by crossing the Bering land bridge. This story supports settler colonialism, and contradicts #Indigenous stories, which offer memories of human habitation here during the last glacial maximum.
Also, the Bering land bridge story falls apart when you find out about the century of archaeological evidence academia has vigorously suppressed.
Read more in my new essay.
What does ‘time immemorial’ really mean? - High Country News
If you’ve seen the phrase time immemorial used repeatedly in Indigenous affairs reporting, there are some compelling reasons why.
High Country News (www.hcn.org)