Let's Catch Up! - Focus On The Bigger Picture; Just Be; Identity; Blended Ancestry; Ancient Wisdom

[@AquariusNation777]

Copper colored people was all over the earth they are aboriginal/Indigenous. My ancestors was already here. That's good that you did your genealogy and found that your ancestors are from Africa

[@natboxerturner8943]

What I find very offensive is when people, both "Black" and "White" so easily blurt out of their mouths that they are NDN or part NDN. A brother by the name of "Two feathers" stated and I am paraphrasing - he stated that people are so enchanted with the beauty of Native America, but do not want to learn nothing about the culture. Two feathers is a Cherokee language instructor and what he said was sooooo true! Many people who blurt out of their mouth that they are NDN or part NDN are just enchanted with the beauty aspect of being Native American, but when it comes to learning the language, beading, basket/pottery making, cooking indigenous food and even protesting or being an advocate for Native American rights, they are nowhere to be found. I am sooo tired of these scammers on the internet, both black and white, scamming people out of their money. I saw this post about a group charging people $300 to attend a Pow-Wow, I just shook my head! Please people use common sense, but like the quote say, " common sense is a flower that does not grow in everyone's garden."

[@BlackAmericanIndia]

That's messed up.

[@natboxerturner8943]

@@BlackAmericanIndia There is a whole lot of scamming going on for profit and at the expense of NDN's. It is just wrong!!!!!🏹🏹

[@BlackAmericanIndia]

@@natboxerturner8943 the same can be said about Black American culture. Many want the Swag and flavor, but rather ignore disenfranchise the very people they are copying, etc.

[@natboxerturner8943]

@@BlackAmericanIndia I agree. In pop culture it is cool to have that swag and flavor, but they do not want you to be financially on the same playing field as them. According to Forbes list there are 724 billionaires in the U.S. and only 7 are "Black Americans". There are approx. 45 million "Black Americans" in the country. There are approx. 4 million East Indians (India) in this country and 7 are billionaires. What is wrong with this picture?

[@stevenredclay6506]

The government call you brown skin people black because your identity has been blotted out due to the racial integrity act. If you are indigenous than you need to identify by your tribal names. Black Europeans were called negro and the Asian tribes were called Native Americans. The aboriginals were reclassified as free people of colored. There is no Country call black. Love your channel through.✌🏿❤️

[@natboxerturner8943]

Greetings Steven! You guys give Walter Plecker too much credit. Prior to 1930 in the state of Virginia, people still were classified as Indian (1870 - 1930 census). It wasn't until after 1930, when the 1924 Racial Integrity Act became effective for NDN's. In 1930, the US census recorded 779 NDN's, but on the 1940 census there were only 198 NDN's. The 1924 Racial Integrity Act was shot down by the Supreme Court in the 1960's. Peace!

[@stevenredclay6506]

@@natboxerturner8943 yes they were still being called indian prior to 1930 for the lighter complexion person who claims they were an Indian. That’s where the problem lies. The offspring and the mulatto‘s were accepted as an Indian whereas a person of colored who was an Indian was ostracize.

[@natboxerturner8943]

@@stevenredclay6506 Also, how about the 1970 - 2000 census/ birth and death records. Were these "Black" people identifying themselves as Indian or Native American? The answer is, NO! Why all of a sudden there is this huge awakening for "Black" people to identify as Aboriginal or Native American (2010 - 2020) when they are actually of African descent?

[@stevenredclay6506]

@@natboxerturner8943 hey man I don’t know about everyone else I just know about my family’s history and how we were forced to leave Virginia due to European encroachment. A lot of people are going off of family stories passed down and they are searching. My family was separated from our tribe for a number of years but the tribe had our information and knew who we were. So now we are back in our ancestors tribe. Everyone story is different. My grandparents spoke a lot of Dhegiha that we through was old folks language. Research is the key, genealogy is also the key. This is what people are finding out. Our ancestors accepted everyone as human beings, now people have taken on the Europeans mindset. The Asian tribes and the Europeans have aligned themselves while the American Indians have become blotted out and reclassified as a misnomer.

[@stevenredclay6506]

I don’t know any Africans maybe you know some although I have seen some in stores and I can tell you they are not the same people as the brown skin peoples of America. What’s your ethnicity?

[@natboxerturner8943]

Black is a socio identifier. I do not see black as a culture. In Australia an aboriginal man referring to himself will say, "I am a black fella!" However, the aboriginal people of Australia have their own language, culture, and spirituality that is not a part of the colonizers. In New Zealand, two Maori men get into an argument, one calls the other, "You black b#stard!" However, the Maori have their own language, culture, and spirituality that is not a part of the colonizers. In America we call ourselves Black, but doesn't Black mean American? We speak English, go to church, and eat American food.

[@BlackAmericanIndia]

I hear ya...in the USA, "Black" is a US culture or lack thereof compared to other countries..different from other people via the African Diaspora. Of course, not all melanated folks were Black in this culture, but culturally, they may have been forced to "be" Black.

[@natboxerturner8943]

@@BlackAmericanIndia The term "White is also a socio-constructed identifier created by "the powers that be", and just like the term "Black", it is also used in this country to implement "White supremacy and privilege". Remember in the 1940's - 1960's, we did not call each other "Black", because the word had a negative connotation associated with it. If you called someone "Black" you were referring to "darkness" or dark skin (complexion) and nobody at that time wanted to be associated with blackness, we called ourselves Negroes or either Colored. It was not until the Black Power Movement and the song. "Say it loud!" by James Brown was the term "Black" acceptable in the black community. Have a safe Juneteenth!

[@stevenredclay6506]

@ Nathaniel Turner, You stated in your above statement “in America we call ourselves black “ so you call yourself black this is the second time you have referred to yourself as black. If this is so then why are you pretending to be Native American.

[@natboxerturner8943]

@@stevenredclay6506 I stated the following point - In America we call ourselves Black, but doesn't Black mean American? We speak English, go to church, and eat American food. Steven, I was making a point! However, I never said that I was Native American! I have ancestors who were NDN and I also have ancestors who were African. I can prove both! Oh btw, you just met a person who have an ancestor born in Africa on the census. Peace!

[@BlackAmericanIndia]

Culturally, I was raised "Black American." Coming from Virginia, it was common for people like myself to be forced to "Publically" identify as Black.....not my fault. I say blame Walter Plecker and Jim Crow Era. Also, I am ALSO a descendant of Sub-Saharan African.