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Wednesday, 23 April 2008 |
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NATION, TRIBE, AND BAND When beginning a search for Native American ancestry there are several terms that are important to know. These terms are “Nation, Tribe, and Band”. Native Americans are generally associated with these three terms which are often confused. As you search for your Native American affiliation be sure to ask about your Nation, Tribe, and/or Band. |
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Saturday, 22 December 2007 |
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From a common foe, Africans and Native Americans found the first link of friendship and earliest motivation for an alliance. They discovered they shared some vital life views. Both Africans and Native Americans found they shared a belief in cooperation, rather than competition and rivalry. Beyond individual human differences in personality, generally speaking, each race was proud, but neither was weighed down by prejudice. Skill, friendship and trust, not skin color or race was important. That Native Americans and Africans merged by choice, invitation, and bonds of trust and friendship, cannot be understated. It explains why families who share this biracial inheritance have never forgotten these family ties. Since 1502, Black Indians have been reported, documented, painted, and photographed coast to coast from Hudson's Bay to Tierra del Fuego. In the decades between the 1619 Jamestown settlement and the 'Great Treaty Signings' of the 1880's, Black Indian Societies were reported in more than 15 states from New York to South Carolina as well as the thirty Caribbean Islands 'blessed' by European colonization. Excerpt from article by: By Nomad WinterhawkFor more information see: http://www.africanamericans.com/BlackIndians.htm |
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Friday, 25 May 2007 |
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A Surname is a family name. It is that part of a person's name that indicates to what family he or she belongs. In the case of African Americans their ancestral names have been lost forever in many instances. The only claim the African American has is his or her name given by slave masters. |
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Tuesday, 01 May 2007 |
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Once exposed to Black and Indian or African American and Native American ancestry many people come to a conclusion that a choice must be made to cling to one and submerge the other. This need to choose is even recommended by some elders. It is a way of keeping a clear racial, cultural, and ethnic delineation. |
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Tuesday, 01 May 2007 |
BLOOD MEMORY…IT’S IN THE BLOOD It is a fact that people carry within their bodies the DNA or genetic composition of their ancestors. This genetic composition affects our physical attributes and features. Comments like you have your mother’s eyes, or you and your dad have the same nose are evidence of the inheritance of our family’s genes. |
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