I learned to be more cautious in accepting what is considered "common knowledge" - as if I'm not too overly cautious already? Many accuse me of being overly guilty of questioning established fact because if you're too overly cautious then you can get labelled as being neurotically paranoid or schizophrenic. So where and how do you find the happy medium? Good luck.
There's another view about the origins of dogs in North America but I consider it to be outdated and would rather trust the more secure genetic DNA evidence. So how do you want to classify my belief system here? You're more than welcome to believe this one if you want, but I'm more interested in progressing with the state-of-the-art knowledge in DNA sequencing with Ostrander's team and their colleagues and associates.
Navajo Cultures and Studies 1995:
"Three types of dog existed in America before the Europeans came. They were distinct from the wild dogs and wolves. They were: The Inuit dog, the Hair Indian dog, and a smaller, Terrier-like dog found in the South. The Inuit , are a Native People of the Artic land stretching from central Alaska to the northern coast of Canada and onto the island of Greenland. Their ancestors came to North America from Asia in about 3,000 B.C., many thousands of years after the first Indian people arrived on the continent. The Inuit are more closely related to Asian people than to other Native American people. The Inuit are better known by the name of "Eskimo" a mispronunciation of an Algonquian word meaning "eaters of raw meat." They prefer to the term "Inuit," which means "people" in their language. The Inuit had to travel long distances over the ice. They used sleds pulled by dogs. For thousands of years, the Inuit bred and trained dogs (later called huskies) that were perfect for this work. Their dogs had four inches of fur that kept them warm even in blizzards. They were very strong. Working in teams of seven to eight dogs they could pull a sled loaded with as much as 800 pounds of cargo. The Inuit dogs also helped with the hunt, using their well-developed sense of smell, they could track polar bears. When the dogs found a bear, a hunter released their harnesses and let the dogs run toward his prey. With the polar bear distracted by their biting and barking, a hunter could sneak up on the huge animal and kill it with a knife before it had a chance to attack. Inuit hunters often dressed their dogs in small sealskin boots to protect thier paws from sharp ice crystals.The Hair Indian dog was the Northern Native American peoples only domesticated, hooghang animal in pre-Columbian times, and was used extensively for hauling, up until the beginning of the nineteenth century when it disappeared completely. This dog was also used for cermonial purposes, expecially in the sacred Heyoka Ceremony of the Lakota People. The Coast Salish Native American people bred special small woolly dogs. Each spring, they would shave the dogs' hair, spin it into yarn, and use it to weave warm woolly blankets.
The small Terrier-like dog from the South was used exclusively for food and has since disappeared. "When the Great Spirit created our people and the four-legged's, he caused a great chasm to open between them. The dog, seeing the widening crack, ran forward and leapt over to join the human beings, leaving the rest of the four-legged's on the other side." This legend is only one of many myths which seek to explain the special relationship that exists between the human beings and its canine friends, members of the four-legged beings." Source: "The History of the Domestic Dog." http://www.desertanimalcompanions.org/ruff/history_domestic_dog.pdf.
If you come across something more credible and scientific than what I have been devoting my life to and have learned so far, as I have posted above in my previous posts on this thread, I will certainly take it into consideration, and perhaps my views and opinion will change. But for now, and for the sake of academic progress, to build on the shoulders of others that have come before me, I'll believe what is at the forefront of the research in this field.
There's another view about the origins of dogs in North America but I consider it to be outdated and would rather trust the more secure genetic DNA evidence. So how do you want to classify my belief system here? You're more than welcome to believe this one if you want, but I'm more interested in progressing with the state-of-the-art knowledge in DNA sequencing with Ostrander's team and their colleagues and associates.
Navajo Cultures and Studies 1995:
"Three types of dog existed in America before the Europeans came. They were distinct from the wild dogs and wolves. They were: The Inuit dog, the Hair Indian dog, and a smaller, Terrier-like dog found in the South. The Inuit , are a Native People of the Artic land stretching from central Alaska to the northern coast of Canada and onto the island of Greenland. Their ancestors came to North America from Asia in about 3,000 B.C., many thousands of years after the first Indian people arrived on the continent. The Inuit are more closely related to Asian people than to other Native American people. The Inuit are better known by the name of "Eskimo" a mispronunciation of an Algonquian word meaning "eaters of raw meat." They prefer to the term "Inuit," which means "people" in their language. The Inuit had to travel long distances over the ice. They used sleds pulled by dogs. For thousands of years, the Inuit bred and trained dogs (later called huskies) that were perfect for this work. Their dogs had four inches of fur that kept them warm even in blizzards. They were very strong. Working in teams of seven to eight dogs they could pull a sled loaded with as much as 800 pounds of cargo. The Inuit dogs also helped with the hunt, using their well-developed sense of smell, they could track polar bears. When the dogs found a bear, a hunter released their harnesses and let the dogs run toward his prey. With the polar bear distracted by their biting and barking, a hunter could sneak up on the huge animal and kill it with a knife before it had a chance to attack. Inuit hunters often dressed their dogs in small sealskin boots to protect thier paws from sharp ice crystals.The Hair Indian dog was the Northern Native American peoples only domesticated, hooghang animal in pre-Columbian times, and was used extensively for hauling, up until the beginning of the nineteenth century when it disappeared completely. This dog was also used for cermonial purposes, expecially in the sacred Heyoka Ceremony of the Lakota People. The Coast Salish Native American people bred special small woolly dogs. Each spring, they would shave the dogs' hair, spin it into yarn, and use it to weave warm woolly blankets.
The small Terrier-like dog from the South was used exclusively for food and has since disappeared. "When the Great Spirit created our people and the four-legged's, he caused a great chasm to open between them. The dog, seeing the widening crack, ran forward and leapt over to join the human beings, leaving the rest of the four-legged's on the other side." This legend is only one of many myths which seek to explain the special relationship that exists between the human beings and its canine friends, members of the four-legged beings." Source: "The History of the Domestic Dog." http://www.desertanimalcompanions.org/ruff/history_domestic_dog.pdf.
If you come across something more credible and scientific than what I have been devoting my life to and have learned so far, as I have posted above in my previous posts on this thread, I will certainly take it into consideration, and perhaps my views and opinion will change. But for now, and for the sake of academic progress, to build on the shoulders of others that have come before me, I'll believe what is at the forefront of the research in this field.
