22: My x-wife and Children, the Manahoac Indians; Black Peoples

Tom and Clara Porter

Amanda Ann Porter and little Amanda Ann Williams III

Amanda Ann Porter was a little girl living in an Indian Village in Spottsylvania, Va. Under Virginia law, White settlers came and killed her mother and father. They took Amanda and sold her to Noal Smith, a local slave trader and the Porter story began.   

Little Amanda was in school 10 years later and gave a presentation about her Native Heratage. The teacher told her that she was not a Native American. She was Black. 

A man in this blog in the sub blog of this video: 

(American Red and Black: Stories of Afro-Native Identity (FULL, 2006) talks about his experience, telling people about his heritage then this is not a free country.

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Our People: Occaneechi Band of Saponi Nation

Published on Aug 20, 2015

Throwback to 2008: "Our People: Occaneechi Band of Saponi Nation" with Vivette Jeffries-Logan, Wanda Whitmore-Penner, John Blackfeather Jeffries, Sharn Jeffries, Forest Hazel, Tony Hayes and other friends and relations.

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American Red and Black: Stories of Afro-Native Identity (FULL, 2006)

Published on Apr 15, 2014

American Red and Black: Stories of Afro-Native Identity by Alicia Woods, 2006. This intimate film follows six Afro-Native Americans from around the U.S., as they reflect upon the personal and complex issues of Native and African heritage, ethnic identity, and racism within communities of color.

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About Alicia Woods

Born and raised in Buffalo, NY, Alicia experienced a culturally and ethnically diverse upbringing. A descendant of immigrants from Poland and Germany from her mother and of African American and American Indian heritage from her father, her multicultural experiences fueled her interest in understanding the dynamics of race in America. She studied the history of people of color in colonial America at the University of New Mexico and continued her formal education at the University of Washington where she earned a Master of Communication from the Native Voices film program.

Her award winning thesis film, "American Red and Black: Stories of Afro Native Identity," investigates mixed heritage issues and has been shown at a variety of film festivals and universities in the US and Canada. Alicia works for the Muckleshoot Tribal College as a writing specialist and instructor. She strives to integrate her passions for art production and empowering educational communities of color. Alicia is also on the board of MAVIN, a nonprofit dedicated to building healthier communities by providing educational resources about mixed heritage experiences.

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Warning: If you want to find out how much Native American you have in your DNA, it will be very hard to do. Because Whites take Native people as other people and cannot distinguish Native DNA from anyone else.