Don,
What is your individual email address? I cannot tell from the post. I will
relay your question to a listserve restricted to Native Studies scholars and
will send you replies, or have folks reply directly to you.
Sandra, thank you for noting a BlackIndians website. That is a popular site
that I cannot recommend other than for anyone's personal interest in the
current movement of people interested in tracing their Native ancestry. The
individuals listed as black Indians are not tribal members. Some may indeed
have Native ancestry; a few may be tribally connected [e.g., involved members
of a tribal community].
If anyone is interested in the exhaustive issue of indigenous authenticity, see
last week's _LA Weekly_ for a story well beyond the dilemmas of James Frey's
writing. The qualities of honesty, honor, dignity, and authenticity appear to
be in such sort supply these days. The story involves a writer who passed
himself off as Navajo, naming himself Nasdijj [which, I might note, is not a
Navajo name and merely a Navajo sounding jibberish]. This one story helps to
articulate why issues of tribal membership are important in Indian country.
All the best to everyone,
Susan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Don Calkins
Sent: Sun 2/5/2006 10:07 PM
To: Baha'i Studies
Subject: Black Indians in the West
Dear Friends,
The Community Culture working group of the Great Falls Poverty
Reduction Organization of Opportunity Link
(http://www.opportunitylinkmt.org/) is looking at the possibility of
having a program next year during the MLK Day/Black History Month
time period. One possible topic under consideration is Black
Indians in the West. We are looking for possible speakers. At this
point I don't know how much money beyond expenses would be available.
If anyone knows of anyone who would be a good presenter/facilitator,
please contact me.
Don C
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