Genomic analyses correspond with deep persistence of peoples of Blackfoot Confederacy from glacial times
First Rider, D.; Crop Eared Wolf, A.; Murray, J.; de Flamingh, A.; Campelo dos Santos, A. L.; Lanoe, F.; Zedeno, M. N.; DeGiorgio, M.; Lindo, J.; Malhi, R. S.
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Mutually beneficial partnerships between genomics researchers and North American Indigenous Nations are rare. Here, we present one such partnership that provides insight into the peopling of the Americas and furnishes a new line of evidence that can be used to further treaty and Indigenous rights. We show that the genomics of sampled individuals from the Blackfoot Confederacy belong to a previously undescribed ancient lineage that diverged from other genomic lineages in the Americas in Late Pleistocene times. Using multiple complementary forms of knowledge, we provide a scenario for Blackfoot population history that fits with oral tradition and provides a plausible model for the evolutionary process of the peopling of the Americas. One-Sentence SummaryPreviously unknown genomic lineage in North America revealed in present-day Indigenous community and historic ancestors.
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