History 101
Before Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue to the America's,
the land was filled with many tribes of Natives who respected and honored the
earth. They were people who protected and cared for the earth and all
living things. The name of most tribes when translated meant "The
People".
Some
translations such as: N'Dee [In Apache N'Dee means The people the true name
for the Apache.] The word Dina = pronounced Din-A today they are called
Navajo. The name Tsalagi = Cherokee and the list goes on. You may say
Sioux, but the correct name is Lakota = La'Koe'Ta They all mean The
people. Or the people of this land, The original ones.
The explorer Christopher Columbus wanted an army to
travel with him to prove that a person could not fall off the horizon in
other words they believed that the world was flat and they thought that
if a person traveled to fare up the horizon they would fall off the earth. He also went searching for new lands. He
was not granted the army that he wanted instead the officials decided to
empty their prisons and oblige Columbus with cut throat, raping,
murdering inmates for his army. The
most vile of men.
With this group he set out to find a new world.
With his so called special equipment, education and skills Columbus headed out off
to the country of India. But instead being lost he landed here in the far reaches of
the western hemisphere lost and near death he and his men landed on the shores of
the Americas.
These men woke to the help of our people. Who helped
them and befriended these people from a far distant
land.
In the years following 1492 Europeans
began to ship slaves to the western hemisphere. They were slaves brought
to turtle Island from every part of Africa.
Massai, Mandingo, Yoruba, princes and
kings from Dahomay and Pekuhu. Many times, slaves escaped and hid amongst
a people so familiar with there own culture, it wasn't very hard to
adapt. African, met Indian, Indian met African and an alliance grew and
tribes grew stronger as they both had many of the same types of
traditions and similar ceremonies.
The colonial officials saw this alliance
and decided to put an end to this union so they hired Indians to hunt
down fun away slaves. And hired Slaves to hunt down Indians.
Regiments such as the Buffalo Soldiers was
used to subdue most of the west. In an attempt to assimilate Natives,
they were given slaves. The Cherokees were
given more than 2000 slaves. Other tribes such as Choctaw, Chickasaws,
Seminoles and Black feet also owned
slaves. And while some were treated well and cared fore. Some were not.
In many cases these tribes simply grew stronger and married. They bore
children and grew strong. With the immunity to sicknesses and strength
Africans brought to the Skills and ingenuity of the American the
people grew stronger and were able to survive what could have been a
total inhalation of a people.
In some cases if it were not for the alliance entire tribes would have
been whipped out. But the strength of the union kept many tribes alive
and this is very evident today.
Today more than 15 million African
Americans have Native American blood running through there veins. As you
visit we hope that you will use the special links we have in order for
you who are [Mixed blood] find your roots.
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