[Newsbot]

Title: Vikings visited Canadian Arctic, research suggests
Category: History
Posted By: Hyack
Date: 2009-05-27 07:39:59
Canadian

[maldonsfecht]

when will schools stop with the myth of Columbus being the first European in the Americas?

[GreenTiger]

Good question. It has been known for quite a long time that a number of groups of people discovered the America.

[raydan]

I thought the Asians discovered America first, either by coming over the land bridge through Alaska or from the south by small boats.

[maldonsfecht]

yep, those would be the current Natives... over the land bridge.

but ask any schoolkid what European discovered the Americas and they'll proudly yell out Columbus... then you can tell them NO! Leif Ericsson!

[raydan]

maldonsfecht maldonsfecht:

yep, those would be the current Natives... over the land bridge.

but ask any schoolkid what European discovered the Americas and they'll proudly yell out Columbus... then you can tell them NO! Leif Ericsson!

He played hockey for Detroit, didn't he?

[maldonsfecht]

Defenseman... great point-shot... too many penalty minutes for pillaging

[Wally_Sconce]

maldonsfecht maldonsfecht:

yep, those would be the current Natives... over the land bridge.

but ask any schoolkid what European discovered the Americas and they'll proudly yell out Columbus... then you can tell them NO! Leif Ericsson!

I learned about Leif Ericson 20 years ago, when did they stop teaching about him?

[Brenda]

19 years ago

[Wally_Sconce]

I must have had a teacher that was a rebel.

[maldonsfecht]

I went though the American school system in Chicago after transferring from Toronto in 1st grade... all we got was Columbus until later on...

[ShepherdsDog]

Asians were the first to arrive and many think that they came in waves, with the last being Polynesians who settled along the Pacific North West, or at least traded and intermarried with locals. There are too many similarities in art, architecture, culture and physical features to rule it out.

[maldonsfecht]

and let's not forget about the Norsemen!