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How did the indigenous people came into the new world? Thousands of years ago early man crossed the **Bering Strait** from Siberia and enter into the americas 25 Thousand years ago Early man crossed the Bering Strait during the ice age. Reasons why they cross the Bering Strait -Flee hustle weather -Lack of food -Following migrated herds -Others were fling hustle tribes Modern day indigenous people from North, Central and South America look like people from Mongolia Indigenous people Settlement patterns and location People settled in Trinidad as far back as 5000 to 3000 BC other archaeological evidence of humans as far back as 2050 BC Where did the Tainos settled - Jamaica - Puerto Rico - Hispaniola - Trinidad - The Bahamas - Cuba The Kalinagos were called Caribs by the Spaniards because they believed that they were cannibalistic (the word Carib in Spanish means cannibal) The Kalinagos settled in: - St Kitts - Martinique - Guadeloupe - Predominantly in the Lesser Antilles - Puerto Rico - Trinidad.

AA - Week 4: Alaska and the Bering Strait

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