First Contact: the Viking vs. Native American Battles

by History Dose
Inside the Viking clash with Native Americans around 1000 AD. Leif Erikson reaches North America,
and the Vikings who follow his expedition soon encounter locals, whom they later call “Skraeling.”
In the land they know as Vinland, these Scandinavians meet the ancestors of the Dorset or Beothuk people.
We sift through some of the myths surrounding these stories, examine the ruins at L’Anse Aux Meadows,
and present the newest research on this history.

Kingdoms, Empires and Explorers