Post #401342 by joe90 on Thu, Aug 14, 2008 3:40 PM

On 2008-08-13 09:30, MadDogMike wrote:
Welcome to TC Joe90.

Do you think the Polynesians migrated to Canada or that the Kwakwaka’wakws migrated to Polynesia? :D

Thanks for the Welcome, MadDogMike!

Well... If you ask me, I'd say that the Polynesians and the West Coast Peoples of this Turtle Island probably gained their cultural sensibilities from an older, more powerful group. Culture is a fluid thing, and is always changing. Like water, if it can't flow, it becomes stagnant. We're beginning to realize that Heyerdahl was right, but I think he only showed us the tip of the iceberg.

When Captain Cook arrived on Vancouver Island -- first contact with the West Coast Indians for the Euro's -- he was given a Salish ceremonial shirt that had ancient Chinese coins woven into it. They've discovered a type of Maize in northern Pakistan that is genetically derived from Mexican Maize. They figure it's about 4,000 years since it was last in Mexico. I'll bet that in the next few years they'll be finding ancient genetic links between Polynesia and North America.

But really, if Polynesians migrated here from Hawaii, I'd sure like to have whatever the H. E. Double Hockey Sticks they were smoking, because B.C. sure ain't Hawaii!