Schools have long taught that humans populated North America around 12K yrs ago by crossing the Bering land bridge. This story supports settler colonialism, and contradicts #Indigenous stories, which offer memories of human habitation here during the last glacial maximum.
Also, the Bering land bridge story falls apart when you find out about the century of archaeological evidence academia has vigorously suppressed.
Read more in my new essay. 👇
https://www.hcn.org/issues/58-1/what-does-time-immemorial-really-mean/
