White Men

About 12,000 years ago immigrants from Asia crossed the Beringia [Bering land bridge] into present day Alaska. There is genetic evidence that these migrant tribes were the foundation from which all American native populations descended. The Navajo and Apache Indians of the Southwest speak an Athabaskan language similar to that of natives in Alaska and Western Canada.

These first foreigners were the original immigrants to come to America. Over the next 11,500 years they spread throughout North, Central and South America forming tribes. Some of these became Inca, Aztec, Mya, Sioux, Apache and hundreds of smaller tribes. Beyond America, they set a drift from Peru and Chile to populate Polynesia including Hawaii, and other Pacific Islands. As the original settlers, America became their land. By our year of 1500, this all began to change.


The arrival of Europeans brought new technology and a change of ownership of the land. Vast areas of the Americas were claimed for Spain, England and France. Settlements were built and villages renamed using European terms. Conflicts developed between the Europeans over land ownership and by 1850 these had been resolved into the present day countries we know as America.

Some of the best examples of these changes took place in the Southwest United States. The land and it's human settlements had been named by the Indians who first arrived. The Spanish came and renamed many of these places for christian saints only to lose the land to the new United States in the Mexican-American War of 1846. The Mexican states of Alta California, and Nuevo Mexico were taken from Mexico by the treaty of Hidalgo. Today, great American cities like Los Angeles, [ The Angeles] and Albuquerque [The Cork region in Spain] have Spanish names. Albuquerque was originally the Navajo [Dine'] city of Bee'eldiildahsinil, long before the Spanish came. Ancestors of the Kumeyaay, who lived in present day San Diego, today operate the Barona, Sycuan, and Viejas casinos.

Many of these original native Seri, Cucapa, Opata, Yaqui, Kumeyaay, Paipai, and Cochimi have been renamed as "Mexicans". These people are seen as immigrants or worse as "illegals" and foreigners who have invaded the United States. The reality is their ancestors have lived in this region for over 10,000 years.

When we read about the "Illegal Immigrant problem" we should ask ourselves; Who are the illegals and who has the original right to the land? The people we call, "Mexican" or other Hispanic names are really 90% native Indians who have lived the Americas long before Christ. The "white man" is not native to the Americas.