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People who have had four generations of relatives born in the United States consider themselves American's and not Europeans.

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Q: Why do many Americans believe that their people have always lived in the Americas?
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Some experts believe there were no people in the Americas until?

until around 15,000 years ago, based on the evidence of the Clovis culture. However, some newer findings suggest that humans could have been present in the Americas earlier than previously thought, possibly as far back as 20,000-30,000 years ago.


What plants and spices does Columbus believe the Americas possess?

Well the Native Americans offered him Marijuana.


Who were the first people to the Americas?

Native Americans


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Scholars believe the first people who arrived in the Americas came from Russia. They believe these people crossed the great ice bridge.


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How did people reach the Americas?

Scientists believe that the first Americans, called the Paleo-Indians, came to the continent from Asia well over 10,000 years ago.


How did prehistoric people reach Americas?

Scientists believe that the first Americans, called the Paleo-Indians, came to the continent from Asia well over 10,000 years ago.


What people did Columbus encounter when he first arrived in the Americas?

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Why do many Native Americans That Believe their people have always lived in the Americas?

Native American groups have continuously inhabited the Americas for about 10,000 years, even since crossing into North American via land/ice bridge and gradually migrating down through Central America into South America. An alternate view is that some Native Americans came by sea, from the Pacific Islands, also about 10,000 years ago or so.


Are Incas native Americans?

Yes, the Inca people of Peru are natives of the Americas, therefore native Americans.


Why do people disagree about when and how the first Americans came to the Americas?

Because their history is not cleared


How are Native Americans and the the spanish europeans different from each other?

The native Americas are the native people from the Americas when the Spaniards, the Spanish people from Europe conquer America.