Black History is American History: Reclaiming Our Narrative

Black History Month, celebrated every February in the United States and Canada (and October in the UK/Ireland), is a dedicated, month-long observance honoring the achievements, struggles, and central, often overlooked, contributions of Black people to history and culture. Founded by historian Carter G. Woodson in 1926 as a week-long event, it grew into a full month in 1976.

Key Details About Black History Month:

• When: February 1st through February 28/29th.
• Purpose: To commemorate the impact of Black Americans on arts, music, science, and politics, while confronting systemic injustice and fostering education beyond mainstream narratives.
• Origins: Created by Carter G. Woodson (known as the "Father of Black History") and the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) to ensure Black history was included in education.
• Why February: It was chosen to align with the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln.
Significance: It serves as a reminder to honor the, often overlooked, contributions of Black individuals throughout the year, not just in February.

Black American Aborigines Enslaved Prior to Trans-Atlantic Trade of Enslaved Africans.

 

Original a John Carter Brown Library @ Brown University

An Emblem of America 1732-1799 

An Emblem of America. Description: An allegorical figure of America as a woman in Classical dress standing beside a plinth inscribed to the memory of George Washington. A native American child with feathered headdress also stands beside the stone. In the background is Niagara Falls with native American figures. Decorative elements include American flag, spear, and tree. Record number: 86-23.

The black Native American slave trade was a vast system of chattel slavery that existed in the Americas long before and alongside the trans-Atlantic trade of enslaved Africans

. Beginning with European colonization in the late 15th century, the trade grew into a major economic and political force that had a devastating impact on Indigenous communities. While some Native tribes practiced forms of captive-taking before contact, the arrival of Europeans dramatically altered the scale and nature of Indigenous slavery. 

Pre-colonial Native American slavery

Before European contact, many Native American tribes practiced their own forms of servitude, typically involving the capture of rivals in warfare. However, this was distinct from the chattel slavery introduced by Europeans: 

• Purpose: Captives were often used to replace deceased tribal members, assimilate into the community, or serve as diplomatic pawns rather than as an economic labor force.
• Status: The status of "slave" was often not a permanent, inheritable status. Captives and their children could eventually be integrated into the tribe.
• Scale: Pre-European slavery was not practiced on the massive, commercial scale that the colonizing powers later established. 

The European-driven slave trade

European demand for labor turned Indigenous servitude into a commercialized chattel slave system. 

• Spanish colonization: European enslavement began with Christopher Columbus, who captured and sent Taíno people back to Spain on his first voyage. The Spanish later created the encomienda system, which forced Indigenous labor in mines and on plantations, leading to the rapid decimation of Indigenous populations in the Caribbean.
• English colonies: The English became heavily involved in the Indigenous slave trade to fill the need for labor in their colonies and the Caribbean. South Carolina was the largest exporter of enslaved Native Americans, selling between 30,000 and 51,000 captives between 1670 and 1715. In fact, in the late 17th century, South Carolina exported more Native Americans than it imported enslaved Africans.
• Native American involvement: European powers exploited and exacerbated rivalries between Native tribes, providing guns and goods in exchange for enslaved captives. This created a destructive cycle of inter-tribal warfare where groups raided others to gain power and acquire goods. 

The decline of the trade and shift to African slavery

By the early 18th century, the Native American slave trade began to decline in the eastern colonies, primarily for the following reasons: 

• High mortality: Enslaved Native Americans had high death rates from disease and brutal conditions.
• Risk of escape: Colonists found that Indigenous people, who were enslaved on or near their homelands, could easily escape and seek refuge with other tribes. This led colonists to export captives to the West Indies, New England, or other colonies far from their homes.
• Conflicts: The trade incited devastating wars among Native tribes, destabilizing the region and threatening colonial expansion. The Yamasee War of 1715, spurred partly by trader abuses, was a key factor in the trade's end in the Carolinas.
• African slavery: A shift toward using enslaved Africans as the primary labor force occurred as they were seen as a more stable and cost-effective investment. 

The continuation of Indigenous enslavement

Despite the decline of the large-scale colonial slave trade, the enslavement of Native Americans continued in different forms for centuries. 

• Westward continuation: Spanish, Mexican, and American colonists continued enslaving Native Americans in the Southwest and West well into the 19th century.
• Legal justifications: In places like New Mexico and Utah, legal codes were designed to enable the practice under euphemisms like "servitude" or "apprenticeship," even after slavery was abolished nationally.
• Mixed heritage: Enslaved Indigenous women and African men often intermarried, and their mixed-heritage children were often designated as "colored" in records, which helped obscure the history of Indigenous enslavement.
• Five Civilized Tribes: In a tragic irony, the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole nations adopted the practice of owning African slaves as part of their strategy to assimilate into white culture and hold onto their lands. 

Enduring legacy

The Native American slave trade had a profound and lasting impact:

• It contributed to the massive population decline of Indigenous peoples through violence, disease, and displacement.
• It disrupted and destroyed traditional Indigenous kinship networks and societies.
• The widespread practice of selling Indigenous people overseas led to their erasure from many regional histories.
• The legacy of the trade continues to affect Indigenous communities, with modern descendants working to reclaim their heritage and dignity. 

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Creek Indian Locality - Southeastern Woodland Indians (locality #2)

The Muskogee is commonly known as Creek.  According to earlier travels from the northeast to the south east little is known about the origins of the word “Muskogee”. The Creek “villages” were located on prime locations with fertile farmland, all southern rivers and creek (Terrell, 1971), (Swanton, JR, 1952).

References

Swanton, JR.  “The Indian Tribes of North America. Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin, 145: 1-726.

Terrell, John Upton.  “American Indian almanac.” Barnes & Noble, Inc. 1971.

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Southeastern Woodland Indians #1: Cherokee Locality

 

The Cherokees lived on the highest region of the southeast. The vastly forested Appalachian ranges that peak in the southwest Virginia, western north, and South Carolina, eastern Tennessee, northern, Georgia, and northeastern Alabama. They were a large tribe. The names of nearly 200 Cherokee towns Have been preserved, and although not all of them have been precisely located. It has been learned that they spread over vast area, it is speculated to be more than 40,000 mi.² (Terrell, 1971).

Reference

Terrell, John Upton.  “ American Indian almanac.” Barnes & Noble, Inc. 1971.

Session 1: Going Within: Ancestral Guidance

 

Hi, family. This is the first intuitive therapy session that I am doing for this channel. In this video, I discuss going within and tapping into ancestral guidance. Be careful of who you bring within your inner circle. This is when the eye of discernment, intuition, and the 3rd eye is key. Love & Peace - Kimberly Purpoz

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What's the difference between Native Americans and American Aborigines?

By: Kimberly Swanson "Purpoz", PsyM, LPC

This was my response to the following question on Quora: What's the difference between Native Americans and Aborines? Native Americans are not the same as aborigines; they are not aboriginal. Native Americans are the second wave of people that came to the Americas, “The Clovis People” (Lovgren, 2007). They crossed the Siberian Strait. Siberia is their origins; they are mongoloids.

The American Aborigines are the paleo-Indians. They are the original people and are melanated. The American Aborigines AKA African Americans are of close origins to the Australian Aborigines. The aborigines are negroids and they have been reclassified as black. The aborigines are being marginalized globally and their culture and identity are being erased and destroyed through white supremacy through the labeling system, the media, and indoctrinated education.

Reference: Lovgren, S. Clovis People Not First Americans, Study Shows. National Geographic. Retrieved (2/12/22) from https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/native-people-americans-clovis-news My Quora Response Page @ https://www.quora.com/profile/Kimberly-Purpoz

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10 Amazing Facts About the Copper Colored Indians of North America

Hi, Family.  I did this video based on the book called  103 Facts About the Black Indians. For this particular video, I only discussed 10 amazing historic facts about the Copper Colored Indians of North America. Please like, comment, and share this video. - Love & Peace!

The Origins of American Aboriginal Shamanism & Munay-Ki

Hi family, I just uploaded a video on the origins of shamanism. In this lecture, I go over the spiritual practices of the indigenous American Aborigines. I also discussed Munay-Ki, an ancient energy healing practice found in Brazil. Go to the link in the bio or the link below @ http://youtu.be/-kptgbh0m44. Please Share, Love & Peace.

We Were Already Here

Cleon & Abell Taylor (Cherokee & Creek Indian (Georgia) 1940's)

Here is a pic of my grandparents, Cleon and Abell during the 1940s. Grandma Abell always told us that we were Indians. She did not like us calling ourselves African. She said that we were disrespecting and turning our backs on our ancestors when we don"t acknowledge who we truly are. Abell said that we were Creek and Cherokee Indian and that it runs through our veins. She said, "This is our home. We have always been here." Please share my video the link is below. - Love and Peace #americanaborigines #americanaboriginalindian #coppercoloredindians #africanamerican #negroindians
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Creek Indian Nation and Black Wall Street (Bosley, Oklahoma)

Creek Indian Nation and Black Wall Street (Bosley, Oklahoma)

Creek Indian Nation and Black Wall Street. This is a photo of black wall street in Bosley , Oklahoma. On my channel (Kimberly Purpoz) I research and educate the masses on various historical topics about the American Aborigines. Check out the Kimberly Purpoz channel @ http://www.youtube.com/user/purpoz1. Please share my video - Love & Peace.

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False Narratives of American Aboriginals & Rona Data

 

In this video, I discussed the discrepancies in number and statistics when it comes to how Rona is affecting the American Aboriginals (AKA African Americans).   There was very little supporting evidence or quantitative research to support the narratives that were being reported through the mainstream media back in April 2020 when the flood gates of negative false propaganda that were being released that were targeting the indigenous aborigines.  Check out my video and please share.  Love & Peace.   

American Indians and Chakras (Indigenous Insight)

 

Some of us are lacking indigenous insight because we are too fixated and focused on the physical plane. What we see with our eyes, we perceive as being the complete reality/truth. More of us need to look from within and tap into the inner universe of the most high. I gave a lecture about the American Indians' ways of balancing your chakras and tapping into indigenous insight in my video @ http://www.you.com/watch?v=EajT86KTMtU&t=26s.

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