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Originally Posted by Stu from NYC
Next year will have corn on the cob.
Why do we not credit the vikings?
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Actually I used to enjoy Indian fry bread at the New Mexico State Fair.
Authentic Indian Fry Bread
Yes, the Norsemen were likely the first Europeans to set foot in North America but they did not stick around.
As I understand it the Americas were initially settled by people migrating from Asia across the Bering Strait which may have been bridged by ice or land strips from time to time. They arrived in waves over thousands of years. Recently discovered footprints at White Sands National Monument appear to predate the consensus as to when the Americas were first settled by Homo sapiens.
White Sands fossil footprints challenge notions about human history : NPR
Who knows if today's American Indian population descended from the earliest waves or whether consequential waves wiped them out or partially absorbed them. Maybe someday it will become understood.