Alice C. Linsley
I've been corresponding with a descendant of the Annu (Ainu) people who migrated thousands of years ago to Newfoundland and Labrador and to the eastern coast of Canada. My correspondant's native name is Sea’Key (the ’ is a little click made with the tongue.) His name means White Salmon with a Heart of Gold. He has been very generous with his time, sharing many accounts of his people's history.
He writes, "We are called MicMac now but early we were called the Beothique by the French and Beothuck by the English. Our people are said to be extinct, but we just left when the shooting started. A few 100 French did not wipe out 10,000’s of natives. It is said we migrated in 2 waves to Nova Scotia and Labrador."
MicMac means friend. The early name of the territory of Sea'Key's people was Khan O Dan, or Can a dan, which became "Canadian" to the French. Sea'Kay reports that according to the oral tradition of his people, they came in two waves from the Middle East to Scandanavia, then to Greenland and to the Hudson Bay area of Eastern Canada.
His people are in mtDNA haplogroup X. The dispersion of haplogroup X is shown below. The greatest concentrations are indicated by the darker shade. MtDNA traces lineage by the mitochondria, received from the mothers.
The heaviest concentration of mtDNA haplogroup X is in Eastern Canada which is where Sea’Kay lives. The estimate is upwards of 55% in some tribes and averages at around 25%. The next highest concentration, about 40%, is found in the Druze population.
Only 7% of the Dene (Navajo) are in haplogroup X. Their language has been connected to Ket, a Yeniseic language spoken by a very small Siberian population. However, haplogroup X is virtually non-existent in Siberia, the land route to North America proposed by some anthropologists.
The genetic sequences of haplogroup X diverged from haplogroup N which originated in the region of the Lower Nile. Haplogroup X diverged further about 30,000 years ago with two sub-groups X1 and X2 now identified. Overall haplogroup X accounts for about 2% of the population of Europe, the Near East, and North Africa.
Sub-group X1 is restricted to North and East Africa, and also the Near East. Sub-group X2 appears to have undergone population expansion and dispersal after the last glacial maximum, between 21,000 and 18,000 years ago. Sub-group X1 is more strongly present in the Near East, the Caucasus, and Mediterranean Europe. There are concentrations of sub-group X2 in Georgia (8%), the Orkney Islands (7%) and amongst the Israeli Druze (27%), most of whom live in Galilee.
According to the Greenland Saga, Sea'Kay's ancestors used bows and arrows. These weapons characterized the Ainu of the Nile whose land was called Ta-Seti which means "land of the bow." The name of the biblical ruler Seth is related.
The Ainu migrations are not shown on the Bradshaw Foundation maps of migration out of East Africa. However, the Ainu are at the center of Cavalli-Szforza's Genetic Distance Chart, which is what would be expected of "First People." Ainu is also spelled Annu and Hannu.
Nyland (2001) found that many names of places and common objects in Hebrew are closely related to the Saharan proto-languages, the languages spoken by Abraham's Kushite ancestors.
If the mating structure of the Ainu rulers is the same as the structure of the Horites - which it appears to be, as Terah, Abraham's father, is associated with the Nilotic Annu and he was a Horite - then the expansion and dispersion of Haplogroup X can be explained in part by their marriage and ascendency pattern whereby younger sons were sent away to establish territories for themselves.
The Kushites were great explorers and kingdom builders. Their migration out of the Nile region has been confirmed through DNA and migration studies. Though we first meet Abraham in Mesopotamia (Gen. 12), he is a descendant of Nimrod, the son of Kush (Gen. 10:8), who built a kingdom the length of the Euphrates.
Among the Kushites there was a caste of ruler-priests known as Horites. They are called "Horites" because they were devotees of Hor (Horus in Greek). The oldest temples dedicated to Horus have been located in modern-day Sudan at Nekhen. From here the Horites spread their religion across the ancient Afro-Asiatic Dominion. This Dominion extended from present-day Benin to India, China and Cambodia. There is little doubt that ancient Nilotic peoples, including the Annu, were masterful seamen and traveled widely. It is also evident that they didn't all migrate the same direction or at the same time.
The Horites named in Genesis 36 called their land Edom, which means red. David, one of their descendants, is said to have had a red skin tone. The red skin tone was enhanced by exposure to the sun. The red tone represented the ruler as the servant of Ra, whose emblem was the sun. The queen made herself white to represent the moon.
Predynastic Egyptians varied in appearance. Eye colors included blue, gray, green and brown, and some men wore full beards while others were beardless. The typical Egyptian had a reddish skin tone. Nubians ranged from light brown to black. Many had a dark reddish-brown skin tone.
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| Ancient Egyptians reflect a greater genetic diversity than is found outside the Nile Valley. |
As Sea'Key recently called to my attention, there is a close correlation between the Hebrew alphabet and the Japanese alphabet. Likely this is because both are based on the older writing system of the Ainu.
This is how Sea’Key describes his people: "We have beards and green eyes and we are very tall, between 6’ and 6’6”. " Here is an image of one of his ancestors (shown left).The Ainu were the first settlers of Japan. They were said to appear more Caucasian than Asian.
On the right is an image of an Ainu elder from Hokkaido Japan. Compare to the photo (left) of one of Sea'Kay's ancestors. Note the similar robe designs and headdresses. Note also the reddish skin tone of the Ainu elder.
Related reading: The Nilotic Origins of the Ainu; The Nile-Japan Ainu Connection; Abraham's Annu Ancestors; What Color Was Abraham?; Ancient Egyptians Were Seafaring; Distribution of Y-Chromosome Among North American Natives; Afro-Asiatics in North America Before Columbus; A Scientific Timeline of Genesis
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Have you heard of the more than 10,000 year old Spirit Cave Man mummy whose remains were discovered in Nevada? His are the oldest human remains found in North America, and his skull suggests caucasoid features rather than the mongoloid features of most Native American tribes, and some experts have suggested a relationship between him and the Ainu, but more definitive investigation hasn't been possible because of legal difficulties between government officials and Native American tribes, who have made a claim to the remains and want to bury them in a secret location.
His skeleton was found on tribal lands so the request should be respected.
An ancient Egyptian inscription has been found near the Rio Grande River in Texas. The inscription states than an Egyptian king by the name of Shishonq visited North America. The inscription states, “A crew of Shishonq the king took shelter in this place of concealment.”
Several kings of this name ruled Egypt and Libya between 1000 and 800 B.C. The Bible mentions a king named “Shishak” or “Shishonq” who invaded the Southern Kingdom of Judah during the reign of Rehoboam (Solomon's son). Shishak plundered the Temple in Jerusalem (I Kings 14:25-26).
His mummy was not found on tribal lands. It was found on BLM land, near the shores of an ancient lake. The nature of the debate over the remains is precisely that the mummy is not from the same people group as the tribes who currently live in the area. Other very old remains found on tribal lands have been turned over to the tribes for reburial (such as Wizard's Beach Man, also in Nevada, or Buhl Woman in Idaho), even though indications are that they aren't strictly speaking the ancestors of the current tribal peoples. Anyway, my point was not really to highlight the dispute between tribes and researchers/government but to point out the suggestion that this mummy might have some connection with the Ainu and their migrations, according to some theories. I wanted to see if your research has considered anything related to this.
Also, I should be more precise. Spirit Cave Man is the oldest mummy found in North America, not the oldest human remains.
Yes, I should have written oldest mummy.
There isn't enough evidence to link this mummy to the Ainu. For one thing, not all Ainu performed mummification.
My research involves the structure of Abraham's ruler-priest ancestors. I believe that the marriage, mating and ascendency structure that I have identified is a deep structure, but I have only traced it to about 4000 B.C. The structure involves sent-away younger sons, which appears to have characterized Sea'Kay's Ainu ancestors, according to his research.
Thank you, Alice. Based on current research, it indeed is only a tentative connection between the mummy and the Ainu, but I haven't seen much consideration about the Ainu in America, so your blog post was of special interest. I don't think Spirit Cave Man was intentionally mummified when buried, but the conditions inside the cave preserved his body (he was wrapped in animal skin and partially covered with a woven reed mat; the lower part of the body decomposed). Sorry for my anonymity. I want to be sensitive to the relationship between my employer and tribal members.
In any case, I very much appreciate your fascinating research on Abraham and his ancestors. Keep up the good work.
I fully understand and I appreciate your comments.
The oldest mummification in the Libya Desert and the Sahara was probably not intended. Bodies were buried and later found to be mummified as a result of the dry environment.
However, the mummified form of a Nubian boy, dated to around 3000B.C., found at the Uan Muhuggiag rock shelter by a team of Italian archaeologists shows sophisticated technique. Many practices popularly considered "Egyptian" were in pre-dynastic times Nubian and Saharan. Tera-Neter was a ruler of the cities of the Annu in the Upper Nile region. Tera is also the name of Abraham's father and "neter" is ntr/ntjr (ancient Egyptian) and refers to god/gods.
The part about Spirit Cave Man that I find interesting is the reed mat. The papyrus reed was a symbol of Annu royalty. Some mummies were wrapped in papyrus before the linen bindings were applied. Other mummies were placed in coffins constructed of reeds.
Alice, another great article. You are impressive. Rick
A Nigerian friend has sent me this comment:
While reading your blog entry on the Ainu I remembered an article I had read about the similarity of Nigerian and Japanese words http://stewartsynopsis.com/links_to_japanese_and_african_la.htm.
I had also noticed in my interactions with American, Indians, Chinese and Japanese that my Chinese and Japanese colleagues found it easy to get the intonation of my name right as both languages are tonal just like the Yoruba and Ewe/Gbe languages.
Anu is Yoruba for mercy.
The front of the headress of the Ainu elder features something in front that is similar to that found on the headdress of the Ife kings and Pharoahs. Perhaps this solidifies assertions about Ainu links to the Levant.
See also
http://www.egyptsearch.com/forums/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=print_topic;f=8;t=004578
http://www.assatashakur.org/forum/they-all-look-like-all-them/10050-japanese-african-language.html
How did your Ainu friend take the information about the similarity of Japanese and Nigerian words?
ADELAMI
Sea’Key sent me an email that he was pleased with this post. He is eager to share the history of his people.
If you click on his name in the post, it will take you to his profile where you can see his photo. You will note the red skin tone.
What might be the relationship of the Annu to the Ainu, a group of ancient Japanese? Are they the same peoples? Thank you.
The Annu are the Ainu. Don't be thrown by the spelling difference. The Ainu originated in the Nile Valley and spread far and wide, going to Japan, where they are considered the first people of the island.
The Ainu claim that people lived there before they came, the Koropokguru, who lived in semi-subterranean huts. (My guess is that they were jomon/ryukyu folk, with ground tuber/yam diet and clay pot making.)
Jomon is another name for Ainu in Japan and their pots has a distinctive egg shape with a rope pattern.
Susan Burns and I have discussed the yam connection between Africa and Asia. There is a rice connection also, as a unit of rice was used as the weight measurement.
Koro is another form of Horo or Horus, and gur is an ancient word for merchant. The Horites have been identified with references to Khar, a unit of measurement used in trade in the Egyptian inscriptions (See James Orr, The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, page 1421.) The word khar is related to gur. In Akkadian gurguri means metalworkers or copper smiths. In Oromo gurguru means to sell (gurgurtaa = sale, gurguraa = seller). In Somali gur- means to collect something and gurgure means one who Collects and Keeps Collecting. The Gurgure clan of the Dir refers to traders who collect wares and resale them. Among the Dir guri means stick, rod or firearm.
The Persian and Urdu word Saudagar also refers to traders. Horite traders dispersed across the ancient world. The association of the roots gr (trader) and hr (Horite) is evident in India in place names such as Gurgaon Haryana.
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