Dangerous Memories In America:

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Dangerous Memories In America
Kim Morrison LIBR. 500 Foundations of Information

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Black Indians
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Many African Americans Have Native American
Ancestry
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• Unfortunately the way in which race has been
  constructed most African Americans cannot, have
  not been able to trace their family lineage to
  one particular tribe.

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Freedom Paths Taken by Runaway Slaves Led to
Native American Villages

• There, black men and women found a red hand of
  friendship and an accepting adoption system and
  culture.
• Black-Indian marriages shaped the early days of
  the fur trade, added a new dimension to frontier
  diplomacy, and as soldiers made daring
  contributions to the fight for American liberty.

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Black Indian
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You May Ask, If the Mingling of the Negro and
Indian Was So Significant,

• Why is this topic rarely acknowledged in our
  history, or todays society?

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• I believe the systematic divide and conquer of
  African Americans and Indians was for the sole
  purpose of white domination and control over land
  and resources.
• Indian-Negro offspring's were considered slaves.
  They had to adhere to slave codes set in place.

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Black Indian Woman
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If a mixed child of Negro and Indian parents
took on the characteristics of the Negro Strain
they were considered Negro.
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• And be it declard and Enacted by the Governor,
  Council Assembly and by the authority of the
  same, That all and every Negro, Indian Mulatto
  and Mestee Bastard Child Children is, are, and
  shall be born of any Negro, Indian, Mulatto or
  Mestee, shall follow ye State and Condition of
  the mother be esteemed reputed taken adjudged
  a Slave slave to all interests purposes
  whatsoever.
• Ex-Judge Judd Northrup, State Library Bulletin
  History No.4,
• May 1900 pg.255.

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Black Indian Family
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Many questions occur to me on the subject of
Black Indians in regards to their presence and
validation in todays society. I believe our
history must be told and written in order for the
healing to take place within and between the
Black Indian and Indian communities of today.
The continuous denial of the Black Indian
experience by the dominant white culture in
history books and classrooms only perpetuates the
stratification between African Americans, Native
Americans and Black Indians.
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Struggle For Justice

• As long as someone controls your history, the
  truth shall remain a mystery (Ben Harper)