My Experience IndiVisible: African-Native American Lives in the Americas

IndiVisible: African-Native American Lives in the Americas This traveling exhibit is featured at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC. from November 2009 to May 2010.
"IndiVisible: African-Native American Lives in the Americas" by Smithsonian Books
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[@perkydoo]

How wonderful! I unfortunately didnt see the exhibition but went to the opening conference. I also loved the catalog. It made me both sober and angry. But it opened my eyes.

[@Milwaukeegrrll708]

So so so proud to see this...So glad that people are speaking on Black Indians, I'm Apache, Choctaw, Cheerokee and Metis...raised up here with Anishinabe though. Very much a black indian, it just feels good to be acknowledged as actually existing. :)

[@nvdaagehya4569]

I agree with you and thank you for sharing this video! Its good to know your ancestry and people should feel free to share without ridicule...

[@Tarotscopebytina]

Great Stuff! thanks for posting.

[@BlackAmericanIndia]

@jeryleigh It was a great feeling.

[@BlackAmericanIndia]

Great book, I am almost done readying it.

[@BlackAmericanIndia]

Thank you.

[@BlackAmericanIndia]

It was great!

[@Tarotscopebytina]

@BlackAmericanIndia Yahhhh, I will have to take a trip out there so I can see it!

[@BlackAmericanIndia]

@kev84ful Thank you for watching and blessings to you.

[@BlackAmericanIndia]

Nice!

[@BlackAmericanIndia]

@222omalley It is a traveling exhibit that was at the Native American Museum in D.C. I am not sure about Canada.

[@BlackAmericanIndia]

Check out this book called, "The Indian Slave Trade: The Rise of the English Empire in the American South, 1670-1717," by Alan Gallay.

[@Gothicblackchic]

@jeryleigh i love native american culture

[@BlackAmericanIndia]

@chynacrawford07 I do not live in DC, I was just visiting. Great museum and I hope you enjoy it.

[@Gothicblackchic]

@jeryleigh thats cool

[@BlackAmericanIndia]

@mangashojo865 You are very welcome :-)

[@tyestilesreviews]

You are the Real American "Indian(Indigenous American)"

[@Gothicblackchic]

@jeryleigh my grandmother used to live withen her tribe but she never really talked about her culture

[@BlackAmericanIndia]

@Tarotscopebytina It's back in DC :-)

[@BlackAmericanIndia]

Apology Accepted. As you have probably noticed, I have a lot of negative comments on most, if not all, of my videos. You are one out of 2 people who came "hard" at me, but later apologized. Much Respect.

[@BlackAmericanIndia]

@brianb3000 Hi there, Please check out my channel and other videos. I am proud of my West African roots. Don't get it twisted.

[@BlackAmericanIndia]

I think everyone should be proud of their ancestry. However, I do not agree with those who try to tear down another person's pride in their history (mixed or not).......sense of superiority is a turnoff.

[@222omalley]

i'm black, white and native canadian i had no idea they had museums just for black native americans do you know if they have them in canada?

[@222omalley]

@envymeforgood what tribe?

[@JoePublicVA]

@TheBeautifulblackgrl Its the ugly side of the aboriginal establishment in America. 400 yrs of contact w/ whites changed the value system of the culture. Where often times conflicts among tribes didnt necessarily involve annihilate, but many times assimilation. With contact with the whites the concept, possibility and practice of annihilate was a practice of whites and adapted by natives to further rid conflicts w/ other tribes. The practice of assimilation by natives is well documented.

[@radardreamer1]

@BlackAmericanIndia mam i am of black/native american ancestry and i want to say that i dont care about any kind of mixture we may have with anyone other than blackmBLACK IS WHAT WE ARE ,HOW WE ARE REGARDED AND SO MUCH OUR EXPERIANCE SO LET GO OF THAT SHALLOW ATTACHMENT AND BE JUST BLACK

[@BlackAmericanIndia]

I respectfully disagree with the One Drop Rule. Thanks for sharing anyway.

[@Gothicblackchic]

@Papillonmuscogee if you dont believe me do some reasearch on this the five civilised tribes did own afro peoples actually just in 2006 the cheerokee nation kicked out all of the black indians who been there for many many years they kicked them out because they were not full blooded cheerokee

[@BlackAmericanIndia]

Also, not all 500+ indigenous American communities took part in owning slaves. You are referring to the 5 Civilized Tribes, correct?

[@BlackAmericanIndia]

So I am "naive" because I acknowledge my ancestors? SMH Dude.....wow.

[@JoePublicVA]

@JoePublicVA One not known assimilated tribe was the Huron which became a strong warring tribe as a political force--when dealing w/ the French and British much to their demise--after fighting and assimilating the Toledo and another tribe they were hostle towards. Self-preservation mandated assimilation at that time. The concept of annihilation what a concept of whites to further trade and land grabs. Focus too much of who is what part of what as w/ any history its true meaning becomes lost.

[@BlackAmericanIndia]

:-)

[@Gothicblackchic]

@Papillonmu once again i would like it if you go back and read my comments i never once said that the only way you find half native american half black people was the result slavery but i was talking about the five civilized tribes that did own slaves thats something that often gets over looked in history for some reason you chose to take offense at that

[@Gothicblackchic]

@mangashojo865 yeah your right like the souix or the apache im not say that all naitive tribes had slaves im saying for the black people who has cheerokee or choctaw in their familly more than likely it was through slavery

[@Gothicblackchic]

@BlackAmericanIndia what native tribe is your family my i have blackfoot on my mother side i dont know what tribe is on my father side i know hes black and chinese but i would like to know about my dad

[@Gothicblackchic]

@jeryleigh did you look carefully at my comment i didnt say souix owend slaves i said the five civilized tribes that inclueds the cheerokee choctaw ect my grandmother was blackfoot indian im not saying that naitives owend slaves

[@BlackAmericanIndia]

What makes you "think" that logic is so?

[@BlackAmericanIndia]

@radardreamer1 Not going to happen. Keep it movin.

[@BlackAmericanIndia]

Such as?

[@Gothicblackchic]

@Papillonmuscogee im not yellin to nobobody a fact is fact some indian tribes owned slaves im not sayin that naitives as a whole owened slaves and true the blackfoot tribes did own slaves,im not sayin that every black person who has a native family member were slave owners im not sayin your grandmother or whatever relative was native owned slaves including mine

[@BlackAmericanIndia]

lol....ah...ok

[@brianb3000]

@BlackAmericanIndia umm you know native americans migrated from africa thousands of years ago ,why dont you get excited or show african things from africa do you go to those african events or you just hate your african heritage that much also to be considered mix you have to be 50/50 so what percentage of native american do you have in you?

[@Gothicblackchic]

@Papillonmuscogee blackfoot

[@Gothicblackchic]

@jeryleigh i thought we could have a inteligent debate on this topic but now i see you are going to continually take my coments out of context do some research before you open your mouth

[@BlackAmericanIndia]

I'm sure folks like you would sing "Kumbaya" with White's who "choose" to be native. lol

[@YoMommaSmellLikeHotDogWater]

You need to learn science. Fast.

[@BlackAmericanIndia]

Speak for yourself.