  Saturday, October 13, 2007  The Bering Strait Theory Debunked
by John Two Hawks These are excerpts, see here for more
information and read Red Earth, White Lies by Vine Deloria for
the complete story and evidence.  I will offer here a very
condensed explanation of the facts that clearly demonstrate that
the 'Bering Strait Theory' has never graduated beyond being a
theory. Before I begin, however, I would offer that no one has
ever exposed the foolishness of this myth with more research,
intelligence, and eloquence than my fellow Oglala Lakota, Vine
Deloria Jr., Phd. in his best-selling book, 'Red Earth, White
Lies'. Read his chapter on the Bering Strait in this book and I
assure you, you will never look at this 'theory' the same way
ever again.  The Bering Strait Myth is not so much science as it
is politics. Much objective modern science in the past several
decades has even suggested that it is highly questionable if
there ever was a so-called 'ice-bridge'. Yes, that's right, from
an in-depth, intensive a