[Aztlan] man in north america

[martha noyes]

Hi Robin

There was a cable tv documentary some time ago, on TLC I think, that  
looked at the peopling of South America (and perhaps the Americas as  
a whole).  One portion of the hour-long show was about native Fuegans  
who, as I recall the piece, were thought perhaps to be related to  
aboriginal Australians and to have arrived in the Americas before  
migrants from Asia.  There was old black and white footage of some  
ceremonial activity in which the body decorations and activities  
appeared to closely resemble those of aboriginal Australians.  There  
were also some interviews with two elderly women from the Fuegan  
tribe, sisters of mixed Fuegan and other heritage, who talked about  
carrying fire in dugout canoes.

I believe that what incited the making of the documentary was Tom  
Dillehay's discovery of Luzia (in Brazil?) and the DNA tests from the  
site.

I can't say that TLC documentaries are particularly accurate, and I'm  
not stumping for this one's point of view, but it does respond to  
your question and echoes the ideas/thoughts of a number of native  
peoples in the Americas and in the Pacific.

Looking at Tom Diilehay's published works may be a good source for  
your daughter.

Don't know if any of this helps.

Martha