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28 Nov

#FreedmenHistorySpotlightSaturday: Today, we spotlight a #MMIW of Afro-Indigenous descent from the Seminole Nation named Che-Cho-Ter, or Morning Dew. She was one of Chief Osceola’s two wives and bore him four children and was of mixed Black and Seminole descent.

According to accounts at the time in the Quarterly Anti-Slavery Magazine, Chief Osceola and Morning Dew traveled to Fort King (in present-day Ocala) to purchase supplies when Morning Dew was seized as a slave. “Evidently having Negro blood in her veins the law pronounced her a

slave.” This all happened while Seminoles still in Florida were struggling against forced removal on the Trail of Tears, objecting to being moved from their Indigenous lands in Florida. The Indians didn’t want to leave their lands and many free Black people in the Seminole Nation

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Choctaw & Chickasaw Freedmen

@ChoctawFreedmen

28 Nov

A follow-up on last night’s Instagram comment, in which we were accused by a non-Black Native of not being Native EVEN if we were mixed with “Indigenous blood.” The person then went on to accuse us of appropriating Native culture. It’s impossible for Freedmen to appropriate our

own tribal cultures. When our ancestors were forcibly bought and enslaved by Native masters, they were also forced to assimilate into our tribal communities. They learned how to speak Chikashshanompa' and Chahta Anumpa by force. It was conditional on them not being abused.

Not only did they learn to speak their tribal languages, but they also learned how to cook traditional tribal dishes and transformed them throughout time, incorporating our own African and American Southern traditions into the food. They also transformed the language

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Choctaw & Chickasaw Freedmen

@ChoctawFreedmen

28 Nov

The racism that Freedmen and other Black Natives fave from non-Black Natives is insane. This person who publicly commented on one of our Instagram posts said that EVEN IF some Freedmen have Indigenous “Blood” (whatever that means) we are not Native Americans.

Notice that this same energy is not directed towards Natives mixed with white who may also have very distant Indigenous ancestry and be white in appearance. This type of discounting of Indigeneity is only reserved for Black Natives.

We are the only ones who are constantly forced to prove ourselves, despite our extensive documentation within these tribes. Also, a reminder that Indigeneity transcends blood, and is tied to culture, treaty rights, historical bonds, and many other factors. Indigenous Nations

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Choctaw & Chickasaw Freedmen

@ChoctawFreedmen

27 Nov

Happy #NativeAmericanHeritageDay. As Freedmen of the Five Slaveholding Tribes, we have a unique and powerful lineage. Many of our ancestors were forcibly brought to this land from the African continent and forced to labor for their Indigenous slaveowners.

Our ancestors became important translators, political activists, politicians, teachers, historians, and stewards of our cultural traditions. Today their legacies live in all of us.

Despite the free labor, cultural reproduction, and contributions of our ancestors in their respective tribal communities for centuries, as their descendants we are disenfranchised and excluded from our respective Nations. Stand in solidarity with us: chng.it/8ND2Lx9C

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Choctaw & Chickasaw Freedmen

@ChoctawFreedmen

26 Nov

In honor of crossing 2,500 signatures, here’s a public comment we love on our petition: “Im signing as a descendant of Chickasaw and Choctaw Freedmen who recognizes and respects tribal sovereignty - part of that sovereignty included tribal decision making to benefit off of

“the enslavement and labor of African descendants who later became recognized as citizens of the five slave holding tribes with the Treaty of 1866. Afro-Choctaws and Afro-Chickasaws helped build their nations into what they are today and deserve the restoration of their rights as

”fellow citizens. Anti-Blackness should be eradicated whereever it lies. We expect our Native relatives to hold humanity to the high standard we know they are more than capable of by leading the way. Honor all of your relatives not just the ones that look like you or were

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Choctaw & Chickasaw Freedmen

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26 Nov

https://twitter.com/tariqnasheed/status/1332047496529420288

Although there have often been rumors of white people paying their way onto the Dawes Rolls on the By Blood Rolls, it’s important to keep in mind that in some of these tribes, one wouldn’t even have to have a recorded Blood Quantum to receive an allotment.

https://twitter.com/tariqnasheed/status/1332047496529420288

Intermarried Whites didn’t have any long-term connection to the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations and received land allotments 8x greater than those received by Black “Freedmen”. Intermarried Whites received 320 acre land allotments while Black “Freedmen” only received 40 acres.

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Although it is important to note that the tribes were NOT in favor of white folks buying their way onto the “By Blood” rolls. They fought cases that they suspected were fraudulent in court. For example, @GovStitt ‘s ancestor on the Dawes Roll was accused by his own tribe of

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