Native Americans Archive
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Pawnee tribe stands out as one of the earliest Native American groups documented in historical records, offering a fascinating glimpse into their
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Hamlet's reflection, "There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy," resonates deeply with the many
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Cedar is considered the most sacred tree in Native American beliefs. Cedar holds significant importance in Native American traditions as a ceremonial plant.
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DNA
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A new interesting DNA study reveals that the Blackfoot people trace their ancestry to a previously unknown genetic lineage that dates back approximately
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Earthen and shell mounds built hundreds of years ago by Indigenous people in the Mississippi River Delta contribute to biodiversity and the area's
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - An almost 1,000-year-old Native American canoe has been recovered from Lake Waccamaw in southeastern North Carolina, United States. The canoe was accidentally discovered
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - For the first time, researchers successfully sequenced the genome of ancient human fossils from the Late Pleistocene in southern China. The data, published
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - An unrecognized, hidden, and millennia-old subterranean world lies under the surface of our planet. Unknown ancient men once dug an underground world of
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A new DNA study challenges the notion that the Ohlone migrated to the San Francisco Bay Area between A.D. 500-1,000. Scientists who conducted
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Decades of logging and fire suppression have left California’s forests prone to drought, infestation and catastrophic wildfire. Climate change is only exacerbating these
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A once-in-a-lifetime archival discovery reveals that a rare map hiding behind a false identity in Washington D.C. was the work of William Clark,
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Latest scientific findings suggest the ancestral Native American population does not originate in Japan, as believed by many archaeologists. A widely accepted theory
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A widely accepted theory of Native American origins coming from Japan has been attacked in a new scientific study, which shows that genetics
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Ellen Lloyd- AncientPages.com - Belief in the existence of the Little People is not limited to a particular region of the world. We encounter fascinating stories of enigmatic
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Native Americans have kept their memories of star people alive. Many tribes say they believe visitors from the stars are as real as
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The University of North Florida archaeology team is fairly confident they have located the lost Indigenous Northeast Florida community of Sarabay, a settlement
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Many Native American tribes have legends about secret underground worlds their ancestors once inhabited. In some accounts, these subterranean realms are so pleasant
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - It’s often assumed our ancestors created rock art for a reason, and that’s true in most cases. Some petroglyphs can have symbolic meaning,
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Okanagan Indians, whose traditional territory spans the U.S.-Canada boundary in Washington state and British Columbia, have an interesting myth about white giants
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Perched on a ridge near the small village of Leo in Jackson County, Ohio there are curious ancient petroglyphs that remain an unsolved
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Scientists have studied five drought periods over an 800-year period during which Ancestral Puebloans had to fight for their survival, and they succeeded.
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Apache people, a North American Indian tribe say they received their wisdom, skills, and laws from a mysterious individual whom they refer
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Artifacts
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Mystery surrounds the Yamacutah, a sacred Native American shrine located along the North Oconee River in Jackson, County, Georgia, where Indians believed the
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The recovery of distinctive fluted points from both America and Arabia provides one of the best examples of ‘independent invention’ across continents. Researchers
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - There is something special and fascinating about Kokopelli, the Native American trickster god. Known under various names among several Native American tribes and sometimes
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The mighty Calusa ruled South Florida for centuries, wielding military power, trading and collecting tribute along routes that sprawled hundreds of miles, creating
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In some Native American cultures, a typical dreamcatcher was a handmade hanging ornament consisting of a woven net in a circle and certain
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Archaeology
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The downfall of Cahokia, one of the most sophisticated civilizations in North America has been debated for a long time. During its peak,
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An analysis of four ancient skulls found between 2008 and 2015 in submerged caves in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico, in Mexico suggests
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In part 1 we discussed stories told by Native American medicine men who said they had visions of strange people who came to
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Ancient Symbols
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Insects have always accompanied humans; some of them have gained a special place in culture and mythology. A butterfly has deep roots in
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Ancient History Facts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Native Americans are famous for their long hair and there is a reason why they let it grow. To Native Americans, hair is
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - There are many balancing rocks across the world. It's not always easy to determine whether an ancient structure is a natural or man-made
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Leonard Farra - AncientPages.com - For thousands of years, in many ways, the serpent has played a role in religions, folk customs, and superstitious beliefs. Why did some
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The ancient underwater burial site off the coast of Florida, near the Venice shoreline can reveal valuable information about people who lived in
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In the mythology of Maya peoples from the Yucatán Peninsula and Guatemala, there are tales of curious creatures called aluxes. They are believed to
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
Jeramy Neugin - AncientPages.com - The Cherokee used the spirits of their ancestors as talismans of protection against harm. After the home was smoked, dirt from the family
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Jeramy Neugin - AncientPages.com - We used crystals as part of our way of life. Once, every Cherokee kept one. Wrapped in deerskin and hidden. It was their
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Thomas Jefferson once said – “The greatest service which can be rendered to any country is to add a useful plant to its
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Many Native American mounds have been destroyed without study, which means valuable information about our ancestors’ culture has been lost. However, based on the
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The first Cherokee inscriptions in Manitou Cave, Alabama, have been recorded and interpreted by researchers. Nestled in a forested hillside, Manitou Cave is a hidden
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Located near Conway, New Hampshire, North America, Mount Chocorua is one of the world’s most stunning mountains and a frequent target for photographers who
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