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The United States is located in the middle of the North American continent, with Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The United States ranges from the Atlantic Ocean on the nation's east coast to the Pacific Ocean bordering the west, and also includes the state of Hawaii, a series of islands located in the Pacific Ocean, the state of Alaska located in the northwestern part of the continent above the Yukon, and numerous other holdings and territories.[1]

The first known inhabitants of modern-day United States territory are believed to have arrived over a period of several thousand years beginning sometime prior to 15,000 - 50,000 years ago by crossing Beringia into Alaska. [1] [2] Solid evidence of these cultures settling in what would become the US is dated to at least 14,000 years ago.[2]

Research has revealed much about the early Native American settlers of North America as indicated by Cyrus Thomas.[3] Columbus' men were the first documented Old Worlders to land in......

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