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The long-haul migration undertaken by some of the first Americans can be seen in the common language, Athabaskan, shared by the people who settled in Alaska and northwestern Canada about 7000 BCE and the Apaches and Navajos of the southwestern United States. The warming climate and topographical diversity of North America after the Ice Age contributed to the development of a wide variety of cultures and lifestyle among these. Wait a minute. What should these folks be called?
First Americans: Nomenclature
The Smithsonian Institution s National Museum of the American Indian emphasizes the transmission of contemporary native cultural practices as well as those from the past.