Meister Käßner
1 min readApr 14, 2023

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I am a little confused about your arguments here. I teach this material in high school and what to make sure I am getting it correct.

You claim that teaching students that Native Americans arrived via the Bering Straight is "an evil attempt to strip autonomy, identity, and ownership of this land from Native Americans."

That argument certainly challenges the dominant argument that is in textbooks etc.

You go on to claim that you "didn't come from anywhere else," and that your ancestors were already here when the Europeans arrived."

Yes, you are absolutely correct that indigenous people were here long before Europeans.

You are also right in pointing out Clovis points and other evidence that the Indigenous presence in Turtle Island predated the Beringian Land Bridge.

The Bering Straight route can be an important source of migration from Siberia to the New World without negating the evidence of people who were already here.

So to clarify, are you claiming the Native Americans evolved/were created in what is now North and South America? Do they share a common ancestor with the evolution of homo sapiens as a species on the African Continent 100,000 years ago?

Thanks, I would appreciate a response as I am trying to better understand your article and perspective.

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Meister Käßner
Meister Käßner

Written by Meister Käßner

I have been reflecting and writing about the stories, people, and places Northwest of Boston for thirty-five years. I also teach history and manage forest land.

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