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<DIV>Kudos to those who have presented enthusiastic theories
including those of artistic license, but to bring you up to
speed, these theories are greatly outdated and invalid ~ through a recent press
release of a reputable unnamed source, substantial evidence has been
uncovered that a certain tribe of American Indians traveled extensively
world wide in ancient times both by sea and land and being of cultural bearer
status, enabled most of the other humans they met in these strange and
different lands to create begin meaningful cultures and societies
~ indeed, recently, a eminent ethnologist found an
isolated group in Germany living in teepees and wearing
outfits with striking similarity to 19th century American
Indians. Cheers, Wayaaseshkang </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A
title=mailto:daryn@ARWARBUKARL.COM.AU
href="mailto:daryn@ARWARBUKARL.COM.AU">Daryn McKenny</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=mailto:ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
href="mailto:ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU">ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, May 05, 2008 5:46 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [ILAT] Crossing the
Pacific</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Hi,<BR><BR>I am sure you have all seen this article then, it is
an old one:<BR><BR><A title=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/430944.stm
href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/430944.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/430944.stm</A><BR><BR>I
have just attended ILATC and I just felt like I was at home, an amazing place
with amazing people on amazing country, just like home. I know we are related,
Aboriginal people connect with Aboriginal people.<BR><BR>But,we must have had
really big trees to make our bark canoes back then
though.<BR><BR><BR>Regards<BR><BR>Daryn McKenny<BR><BR>Arwarbukarl Cultural
Resource Association Inc.<BR><BR>Read our Indigenous Language BLOG at <A
title=http://www.arwarbukarl.net.au/blog/
href="http://www.arwarbukarl.net.au/blog/">http://www.arwarbukarl.net.au/blog/</A><BR><BR><BR><BR>-----Original
Message-----<BR>From: Indigenous Languages and Technology
[mailto:ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU] On Behalf Of McMillan, Carol<BR>Sent:
Tuesday, 6 May 2008 6:11 AM<BR>To: <A title=mailto:ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
href="mailto:ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU">ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU</A><BR>Subject:
[ILAT] Crossing the Pacific<BR><BR> As a biological anthropologist
by training, and being wary of the<BR>European penchant for wanting to have
"discovered" everything, and<BR>having read that even geneticists now say that
the aboriginal peoples of<BR>Australia had to have had boats at least 40,000
years ago, and having<BR>looked at the people of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) vs.
other Pacific<BR>Islanders, and hearing about the Hawaiian sailing canoes that
have<BR>recently traveled to Alaska and returned, (and . . . and . . . )
I<BR>believe it's time for us all to admit that indigenous people have
been<BR>traveling by sea for many thousands of years, back and forth
between<BR>continents. I'm growing a bit weary of all the who-came-first
debates.<BR>Perhaps it's all worth it if European and European-decent scholars
in<BR>general become less ethnocentric in their world views. (I'm
Scottish, I<BR>can say that.) Maybe the debate shouldn't be about who
had the<BR>technology and ability to cross large bodies of water, but who
was<BR>motivated to do it in order to rape/pillage/plunder vs. those who
went<BR>to trade and/or visit with others. That focus might put Columbus
and<BR>others into categories more appropriate to their conduct.<BR><BR>Sorry,
I just had to weigh in here.<BR><BR>Carol
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