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OriginalGeek

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4. I think I can safely say

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Tue Feb 5, 2013, 07:11 PM

Feb 2013

they aren't honoring the spirit of their ancestors.

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Native American Confronts Protesters on Illegal Immigration (wow) [View all] DainBramaged Feb 2013 OP

Hello greatest! (greatest thing I saw today anyway) nt Ed Suspicious Feb 2013 #1

Well...if you want be technical about it... sdfernando Feb 2013 #2

Yet somehow I get the feeling that when they traveled here by land bridge they didn't try to impose Sivafae Feb 2013 #9

I'm 100% with you on that bud! sdfernando Feb 2013 #14

Yeah, wait .... what people? n/t RebelOne Feb 2013 #23

AGREED Mr Dixon Feb 2013 #78

There is new speculation they arrived by water first... Brother Buzz Feb 2013 #11

Wonder where they did arrive from, then? Cha Feb 2013 #13

West coast by Asia Brother Buzz Feb 2013 #19

Thanks Brother Buzz! Cha Feb 2013 #20

Check out this link on Monte Verde, Chile. a la izquierda Feb 2013 #31

Thanks for the link, a la izquierda Cha Feb 2013 #98

Ancient aliens... Obviously. Blanks Feb 2013 #88

I'm going to have to read up on that. sdfernando Feb 2013 #16

Who were the giants that were stone builders? AnotherDreamWeaver Feb 2013 #36

And the Gavin Menzies book "The Lost Empire of Atlantis" AnotherDreamWeaver Feb 2013 #38

Meh. Gavin Menzies talks about a lot of things. (nt) Posteritatis Feb 2013 #94

When the legend becomes fact, print the legend Brother Buzz Feb 2013 #39

I would love to go visit there. Thanks for the video and link. freshwest Feb 2013 #51

Very, very interesting. This is the first I have ever heard of the mound builders. n/t RebelOne Feb 2013 #85

The Clovis-first arguement has been dead for a decade for most younger archaeologists. blackspade Feb 2013 #45

I thought they did a reasonable job of explaining it to this pedestrian Brother Buzz Feb 2013 #48

I don't disagree really. blackspade Feb 2013 #49

Actually, no. Apophis Feb 2013 #53

I have to disagree. blackspade Feb 2013 #66

I'm in grad school for archaeology. Apophis Feb 2013 #67

Which program? blackspade Feb 2013 #71

Ah. The Solutrean Hypothesis. Apophis Feb 2013 #52

Evidence of the Solutrean hypothesis is all wet Brother Buzz Feb 2013 #55

Still makes them first nation no matter how they arrived. n/t Cleita Feb 2013 #77

There are wackadoodle theories out there implying they weren't the first Brother Buzz Feb 2013 #80

I know it's the Caucasians got here first. BS. Cleita Feb 2013 #86

No, no, no Brother Buzz Feb 2013 #87

What about the large sized red headed cave men? reverend_tim Feb 2013 #89

Perhaps you would have some information links to the red headed cave men to share with us? n/t Cleita Feb 2013 #96

these are fun - reverend_tim Feb 2013 #106

and reverend_tim Feb 2013 #107

I think I'm gonna have to place these guys with Sasquatch being there Cleita Feb 2013 #109

okay, but there are bones. reverend_tim Feb 2013 #110

History channel also does a lot of speculative programs about Cleita Feb 2013 #111

Didn't we all arrive by water first? jtuck004 Feb 2013 #101

I do not disagree Brother Buzz Feb 2013 #102

That sure tells the truth. What a progression. n/t jtuck004 Feb 2013 #103

Then they would be called First Nation. Cha Feb 2013 #15

They's what they're generally called in Canada, actually. (nt) Posteritatis Feb 2013 #95

That's where I gleaned it from.. :) Cha Feb 2013 #97

Alaska too. I have noticed the term creeping into the Cleita Feb 2013 #112

It's a term I'm quite okay with spreading Posteritatis Feb 2013 #113

The migration over land bridge from Asia yellerpup Feb 2013 #24

DNA supports it Brother Buzz Feb 2013 #29

I understand. yellerpup Feb 2013 #32

As I pointed out upthread Brother Buzz Feb 2013 #34

Doh! yellerpup Feb 2013 #35

Modern humans, yes. Apophis Feb 2013 #54

I studied anthropology when Lucy was the new kid on the block Brother Buzz Feb 2013 #58

You're right. Apophis Feb 2013 #59

What, you mean they're not the lost tribes of Israel like the Mormons claim? Rozlee Feb 2013 #47

This isn't a panacea. Baitball Blogger Feb 2013 #3

I think I can safely say OriginalGeek Feb 2013 #4

You tell me. Baitball Blogger Feb 2013 #7

Reminds me of old "Pogo" strips ... eppur_se_muova Feb 2013 #81

Yeah, it's very much like that. Baitball Blogger Feb 2013 #84

The protesters are probably thinking: Cali_Democrat Feb 2013 #5

"The protesters are probably thinking..." Very dangerous concept for the wingers. nt Ed Suspicious Feb 2013 #21

Protesters: historical immigrants (mostly now dead) - good; current/future immigrants - bad. pampango Feb 2013 #63

Good for him, but you can't talk sense to those people. It's OK when white people do it. Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2013 #6

wow is right. the truth is spoke! Whisp Feb 2013 #8

I am on his side. Our ancestors committed awful atrocities on the Native Americans. RebelOne Feb 2013 #10

I saw an episode of Pawn Stars where they happily bought a cannon that was made DainBramaged Feb 2013 #18

reminds me of this: The Straight Story Feb 2013 #12

That's Compelling! Cha Feb 2013 #17

LOVE IT !!!!!! unionthug777 Feb 2013 #26

AND a Union Thug!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DainBramaged Feb 2013 #28

+1 uponit7771 Feb 2013 #37

"We should'a put that sign up when you sons of bitches came here." jerseyjack Feb 2013 #22

Idle No More is a huge movement yellerpup Feb 2013 #25

The facts didn't stop an anti-immigrant group calling themselves 'native americans' many years ago ShadowLiberal Feb 2013 #27

That was the American Republican Party which changed its name to the Native American Party in 1845. pampango Feb 2013 #41

They were also appropriately known as the "No Nothing Party." jerseyjack Feb 2013 #64

Um.....not to be annoying or anything, but liberalhistorian Feb 2013 #99

Can't REC this enough! Not to Mention, the "Mexican" is an Anglo substitute for Native American. Coyotl Feb 2013 #30

Absolutely. yellerpup Feb 2013 #33

Tragically, the First Nations were not one people during the European invasions. blackspade Feb 2013 #46

They did unite to win John2 Feb 2013 #68

Unfortunately only a battle. blackspade Feb 2013 #73

That wasn't even the entirity of those three tribes loose wheel Feb 2013 #104

Too true. yellerpup Feb 2013 #70

thank God for natives! SHRED Feb 2013 #40

Indeed! sagetea Feb 2013 #42

And that's the truth! 2naSalit Feb 2013 #43

I have a new hero! SHRED Feb 2013 #44

K&R DeSwiss Feb 2013 #50

To the Greatest! ReRe Feb 2013 #56

Now THAT's how you break up a crowd Number23 Feb 2013 #57

The Truth Hurts lib87 Feb 2013 #60

Ha! Le Taz Hot Feb 2013 #61

Well said! Amonester Feb 2013 #62

Unfortunately irony just bounces off right wingers like bullets off Superman. Ganja Ninja Feb 2013 #65

truth heaven05 Feb 2013 #69

Post removed Post removed Feb 2013 #72

YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! heaven05 Feb 2013 #74

I addressed the point. People have been slaughtered everywhere, is my point, which you missed. toby jo Feb 2013 #75

The Course In Miracles calls it Specialness (the worst mentall error of all) Dont call me Shirley Feb 2013 #93

WOW Mr Dixon Feb 2013 #82

Yeah, it's their fault for being conquered and doomed to a life of poverty and abuse. Dash87 Feb 2013 #92

The irony too is that many from the Southwest who are perceived as illegal and those from Cleita Feb 2013 #76

This is the way you do it Mnpaul Feb 2013 #79

Well that took some courage lutefisk Feb 2013 #83

I believe that First Nation Peoples have the right to freely WHEN CRABS ROAR Feb 2013 #90

I am truly sorry that my ancestors corraled and murdered your people. Dont call me Shirley Feb 2013 #91

Jennifer Granholm showed a short clip tonight RebelOne Feb 2013 #100

It's a lot more complex than that. loose wheel Feb 2013 #105

Well malaise Feb 2013 #108