Nostalgia for an "Almost Extinct Civilization"

Nostalgia for an "Almost Extinct Civilization"

American Indian, or Native American, has been considered to be
a vanishing race with the notion that “Indians are historical
features of an American landscape, not functioning members in a
modern society”.

"The Vanishing Race",1904 (Edward S. Curtis)

This belief was buttressed by one of the scholarly theories:
"Social Darwinism", which assumed that cultures battled with each
other in an evolutionary contest in which one was destined to
triumph and the other to fade into extinction.

Paleoamerican Origins

The traditional theory held that the first Americans crossed the
"land bridge" from Siberia to Alaska around 11,500 years ago.

These early Paleoamericans soon spread throughout the Americas,
diversifying into many hundreds of culturally distinct nations and
tribes. The North American climate finally stabilized by 8000 BCE;
climatic conditions were very similar to today's. This led to
widespread migration, cultivation of crops, and subsequently a
dramatic rise in population all over the Americas.

"Where no one intrudes, many can live in harmony."
--Chief Dan George--


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