With the crisis of my father’s recent illness and the minor drama of my own, I feel like I’ve been way out of touch the last two weeks. It’s time get back into the flow of things. I thought little census whacking for Halloween would ease my way back into writing. So I went [...]
Our Genealogywise friend, Angela Walton-Raji, has produced and narrated a video entitled Spirit of a Choctaw Freedwoman, which tells a very unique story. The story is that of her great-grandmother, Sallie Walton, who was among a great number of African-Americans enslaved by American Indians. This is an important and poignant story, well produced. If you [...]
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My cousin Karen Burney and I have both told the story of the Lumbee Indians from whence we believe our Brayboy ancestors come. See our posts here and here.
For many historical and political reasons, the Lumbees have not been federally recognized as a tribe. However they have been recognized by the state of North [...]
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A few weeks ago, I wrote about Master Sergeant Woodrow Wilson Keeble, who deserved the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Korean War. He didn’t get it then, but Congress last month passed a law that authorized the Medal for him now.
Yesterday, I got this comment from “atrulling:”
On March 3,2008 Woody will [...]
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