Native Warriors: January 2017

Largest Indian Population East of the Mississippi

North Carolina has the largest American Indian population east of the Mississippi River and the eighth-largest Indian population in the United States.

As noted by the 2000 U.S. Census, 99,551 American Indians lived in North Carolina, making up 1.24 percent of the population.

This total is for people identifying themselves as American Indian alone.

The number is more than 130,000 when including American Indians in combination with other Indians who are not counted or listed as Indian but have proven 1st-3rd generational indian ancestry.

NC Tribes

Cape Fear Indians
Catawba people
Cheraw
Cherokee
Coharie
Coree
Croatan
Dasamongueponke
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
Haliwa-Saponi
Joara
Lumbee
Machapunga
Meherrin
Natchez people
Neusiok
Nottoway people
Occaneechi
Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation
Pamlico
Person County Indians
Roanoke tribe
Roanoke-Hatteras tribe
Sappony
Secotan
Shakori
Sissipahaw
Tuscarora people
Waccamaw
Waccamaw Siouan
Wateree people
Waxhaw tribe

The CAPE FEAR INDIANS are still here....We never left our ancient land, never signed treaties, never gave our land away, we never became extinct, we never became a people who don't exist anymore and we never will be nor do any of those things.

(Who are the Cape Fear Indians? Are they a tribe, a confederacy, a group of smaller tribes or villages?)

Does the Cape Fear territory stretch from the coast westward past Waccamaw to Lumbee and Tuscarora territory and South to Pee Dee and Little River SC and northward to Burgaw?

All of these tribes are interconnected to each other.

Colonial and tribal war caused us to retreat to the swamps which connected us and made us family.

We have a rich, fertile, deep and spiritually universal earth balancing history on Turtle Island....most don't know the martial arts part of our history which I’m obviously passionate about.

Our history for survival against colonial occupation IS MARTIAL ARTS HISTORY.

According to critics and people who just don't know what they are talking about, they are saying martial arts didn't exist here on Turtle Island either.

People who are led by ignorance are quick to say, make and create bogus articles, blogs or videos about certain tribes being extinct; some of the same ones saying things like there were no martial arts here.

Wrong, wrong, wrong....We are Proud and alive. My Grandmama said we were always here, my mama said we never left and my aunts & uncles say to keep telling the truth and shame those who love to lie.

Our graveyards and burial mounds in this region (area) of birth say differently then what people are saying about us. They are saying we died off, left, assimilated into other cultures like White and African cultures.

Well that’s true and false…..wouldn’t you like to know the complete truth on this matter.

Who else is more qualified to speak, teach or tell the truth and shame the devil other then the descendants of those you are talking about who assimilated and unassimilated into and out of the White and African cultures.

Why we assimilated, why we lived underground, why we are coming out, the loss of memory for some and blaitent disregard of family who are blood relatives by others, why we are taking a stand, why we are who we are, who we are related to, neighboring tribes who share the same ancestors but have diferent tribal names, (my great great granddad is also your great great grand dad but we are not cousins)...etc, etc, etc.....

Wouldn't you llike to know what our DNA results, genealogy results and blood results say about all us?

We have mountains of papers, (we know how people love paper work), lab results, region of origin, congressional records, recorded historical documents, tribal relatives who are accepted and confirmed by state and federal governments, genealogists, attorneys and academics who know all about us, what we are doing and have their full support.

With the advent of Paper Genocide & the Pen is Mightier then the Sword, paperwork today becomes more important than ever. For example, I've had my genealogy completed by three different sources.

It wasn't cheep but well worth it. I found out that my grandmother had a son named Tecumseh who died at 2yrs old.

My mother had no idea & never knew that grandma had a 4th child....this is valuable information for my aunts, uncles & cousins & it's priceless.

Many court houses throughout the south mysteriously caught on fire, 45 NC counties, the records departments with land deeds, identities of land owners, marriage licenses, etc...

The harm to North Carolina courthouses has a tremendous impact on genealogists in each and every way.

Not only are these types of historic buildings torn from each of our lifetimes, so are the records they stored: marriage, wills, probate, land records, among others.

Once destroyed they’re destroyed permanently. Even though they happen to have been put on microfilm, computers and film burn as well.

The most heartbreaking side of this is that the reason that almost all of our courthouses are destroyed is as a result of arson. However, not all records were lost.

A number of North Carolina counties have endured a loss of records due to courthouse fires, floods, and theft.

The first item is the county name, followed by the date of courthouse destruction, () describes what caused the destruction and if records were destroyed.
https://www.raogk.org/northcarolina-genealogy/nc-counties/

This is why some people don't know about their indigenous roots. If I have any close cousins reading this & you have questions, let me know. If you'd rather not know, that's ok too. Still love you.

Public: Of course we can't share all but we will share enough. Some things are not suppose to be shared publicly and other things are meant to spread like wild fire.

So much to share later from many teachers, lots of interviews to share with you from our area so for now here’s a TINY BIT of martial arts history from the southeast.

Pt 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gi-4NB-kPw

Pt 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ-LQ0WPKnM