Early Native American Migration

1. First People to come to the “Americas” were the ancestors of the people called Native Americans (Indians). The first settlers arrived 20,000-30,000 years ago. During the Ice Age.

b. Came from Mongolia (Central Asia). c. The one theory that prevails to suggests that they came on a land bridge. (The other mentions a Water route)

The reason for their migration was the scarcity of resources. i.e. wild game moved across the land. 1. traveled 56 miles on a strip of land from Siberia to Alaska and later settled in North and South America. 2. Followed: bison, sloth, camels, mastodons, and mammoth.

e. By 9,000 B.C. they reached the Southern tip of South America.