1. Settlement of North America
First Nations - Part I:
Settlement of North America

2. First Migration to North America
The BERING STRAIT hypothesis the most widely accepted theory of how North America was first settled
First occupants initially migrated to Alaska years ago
Sunken sea levels caused immense plains to emerge
These plains would have linked Asia to Alaska – Bering Strait (Beringia)
Hunters followed animals from Asia to the Americas via Bering Strait

6. B) Subsequent Migrations
For thousands of years nomadic population occupied Alaska
Years Ago
Approximately 15,000 years ago, the retreat of ice allowed the first Aboriginal people to settled in Central North America/Canada
Years Ago
Native peoples settled in present day Quebec
1000 Years Ago
Ancestors of the Inuit, Thule people arrived in the Arctic from present day Alaska, much later on – by the year 1000.

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