Black Indians

GPTKB entity

Statements (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ethnic_group
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:African-Native_Americans
gptkb:Afro-Indigenous_Americans
gptkbp:ancestry gptkb:Native_American_tribe
African
gptkbp:censusCategory not a separate category in US Census
gptkbp:culturalHeritage gptkb:Native_American_Heritage_Month
gptkb:Black_History_Month
gptkbp:culture blending of African and Native American traditions
gptkbp:historicalPeriod some were freedmen adopted into tribes after the Civil War
descendants of Africans and Native Americans
some were enslaved people who escaped and joined Native tribes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Black Indians
gptkbp:languageSpoken gptkb:African_American_Vernacular_English
English
Native American languages
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notableEvent involvement in the Underground Railroad
involvement in the Seminole Wars
participation in the Trail of Tears
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:John_Horse_(Black_Seminole_leader)
Frederick Douglass (claimed Native ancestry)
Zora Neale Hurston (claimed Native ancestry)
gptkbp:numberOfIssues gptkb:racism
land rights
identity recognition
tribal citizenship disputes
gptkbp:organization gptkb:Afro-Indigenous_Federation
gptkb:Black_Indian_United_League
gptkb:Seminole_Nation_of_Oklahoma_Freedmen_Band
gptkbp:population hundreds of thousands (estimated)
gptkbp:recognizedBy some Native American tribes
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:African-American
gptkb:Native_Americans
gptkb:Seminole_Freedmen
gptkb:Black_Seminoles
gptkb:Cherokee_Freedmen
gptkb:Creek_Freedmen
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:African_traditional_religions
Native American religions
gptkbp:subjectOf books
documentaries
academic research
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Black_Seminoles
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6