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 Coastal routes were also used to reach the temperate climate, lush forests, mountains, rivers and valleys of the northwestern United States. From there, it was on to the even warmer temperatures of the southern states, Central and South America. About 15,000 BC, the glaciers began to melt, and by 10,000 BC were retreating dramatically causing the "ice-free corridor" to reappear and widen. By 9,000 BC the ice covered only the areas that are currently ice-bound today. This was important to migrating populations because without these geological developments, they could not have reached North America. |
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PERSPECTIVE "There is a commonly held belief that thousands of years ago, as the world today counts time, Mongolian nomads crossed a land bridge to enter the western hemisphere, and became the people now known as the American Indians. The truth, of course, is that the Raven found our forefathers in a clamshell on the beach at Naikun. At his bidding, they entered a world peopled by birds, beasts, and creatures of great power...At least, that’s a little bit of the truth." Bill Reid, Haida Tribe |