September 22 - Native American Day

If I remember grade school lessons, even the people termed "Native Americans" weren't actually indigenous to North America, but also immigrants. They migrated from Asia when a land bridge existed between the continents. Who is actually "native"?
 

The earliest Americans arrived in the New World 30,000 years ...​

The earliest Americans arrived in the New World 30,000 years ago. People travelled by boat to North America some 30,000 years ago, at a time when giant animals still roamed the continent and long before it was thought the earliest arrivals had made the crossing from Asia, archaeological research reveals today.Jul 22, 2020
The earliest Americans arrived in the New World 30,000 years ago | University of Oxford

30,000 years is a long time, wouldn't you say?

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