time frame

[Rankin, Robert L]

Nobody really has the slightest idea.  Archaeologists have tended to speculate over the years that the Siouan tribes were pushed out of the Ohio Valley by Iroquoian raids.  This is guesswork.  It might be a possible reason for Dhegiha movements, but applied to the whole of Siouan, it's anachronistic, I think.  The *only* evidence that I know of is the fact that the Catawban and Yuchi families are distantly related and both are in the SE.  There is certainly no realistic time frame, and, as far as I know, no way to acquire one at present.  DNA studies over time might elucidate some of these problems, but this technology is in its infancy, and even its most vocal proponents (like Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza) admit that it will be a long time before "the dust settles".  I'm not even that optimistic.
 
My 2 cents worth.
 
Bob

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can anyone tell me the time frame of the western sioux migrations into the great plains areas. Did the Lakota people etc, live in the upper south?


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