1. Scientists keep talking about pre and post-contact America? What do they mean? 2. In one sentence describe who you believe discovered America?
3. If we were to credit Columbus with discovering anything, what would it be?
4. Detail the evidence for a Viking discovery of America and give a time frame for this. What
places did the Viking use as stepping stones to get to America?
5. What is the Clovis culture, how did they get here, when did they get here and what
evidence is there to say how they moved into the continent?
6. Which hypothesis competes with the "Clovis Only" theory. Describe the major alternative
school of thought and present evidence.
7. Give at least two ways some Native Americans may have ended up with some Polynesian
DNA signatures.
8. What is the Thule culture, when did these folks get to America and what do they call
themselves today?
9. Who was Shuká Káa? What does that mean? Who is he related to and why is he important in the
discussion of the peopling of the Americas?
10. Who are the Tlingit people? According to Tlingit Clan stories, how did these folks get here?
11. So draw some conclusions about where Native Americans came from?