Black Indians in the United States
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Black Indigenous Americans are African Americans who have Native American ancestry. Many Indigenous peoples of the Eastern Woodlands, such as the Narragansett, Pequot, Wampanoag and Shinnecock, as well as people from the nations historically from the Southeast, such as Seminole, Creek and Cherokee, have a significant degree of African and often European ancestry as well.[1]
Black Indians In The United States Media
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Buffalo Soldiers, 1890. The nickname was given to the "Black Cavalry" by the Native American tribes they fought.
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Diana Fletcher (b. 1838), a Black Seminole who was adopted into the Kiowa tribe
Portrait of a Navajo woman c. 19th century.
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Members of the Creek (Muscogee) Nation in Oklahoma around 1877. Note mixed European, African and Native American ancestry. L to R, Lochar Harjo, principal chief; unidentified man, John McGilvry, and Silas Jefferson or Hotulko micco (Chief of the Whirlwind). The latter two were interpreters and negotiators.
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George Bonga (1802–1880), African American and Ojibwe fur trader
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Left to right: Mrs. Amos Chapman, her daughter, sister (all Southern Cheyenne), and an unidentified girl of African American descent. 1886
References
- ↑ Katz, William Loren (2012-01-03). Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4424-4637-3.