The discovery of an Inuit figurine depicting a European, possibly a Norseman, from 1350 challenges the traditional narrative that Indigenous peoples in the Western Hemisphere had no contact with Europeans before Columbus.

"Dated to 1350, the figurine is the earliest Indigenous representation of a European anywhere in the Western Hemisphere and probably depicts a Norseman." https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/americas/inuit-figurine-a-700-year-old-indigenous-carving-of-a-european-made-a-century-before-columbus

An Inuit figurine of a European complete with a cross on his tunic carved from driftwood almost 150 years before Columbus stumbled upon the Caribbean. #archaeology #Inuit #CanadianMuseumofHistory https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/americas/inuit-figurine-a-700-year-old-indigenous-carving-of-a-european-made-a-century-before-columbus