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Black Indians in the United States
Americans with both Indigenous American and Black identities
Black Indians in the United States
Black Indians are Native American people of African American heritage, or person of African American descent with strong cultural ties to Native American communities. Historically, certain Native American tribes have had close relations with African Americans, especially in regions where slavery was prevalent or where free people of color have historically resided. Members of the Five Civilized Tribes (Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee and Seminole) participated in holding enslaved African Americans in the Southeast and some enslaved or formerly enslaved people migrated with them to the West on the Trail of Tears in 1830 and later during the period of Indian Removal. Black ancestry is also common among some federally recognized tribes in the Northeast, including the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe, the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, the Narragansett Indian Tribe, the Shinnecock Indian Nation, and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head. In controversial actions, since the late 20th century, the Cherokee...
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