Researcher Angela Walton-Raji has been studying African-Native genealogy for over 20 years. The Comanche family pictured here is from the early 1900s. Courtesy Sam DeVenney Angela Walton-Raji has been ...

“Wail on Whalers, a Portrait of Amos Haskins” by Felandus Thames, an “homage to escaped enslaved people who found autonomy in whaling,” is comprised of hairbeads strung on coated wire. The piece is ...

Juneteenth may mark the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed, but thousands of people in Oklahoma are still fighting for full citizenship in the tribal ...

Oklahoma’s identity is built on the histories of both Native and Black people. Yet, for freedmen — descendants of Black individuals once enslaved by Native tribes — this identity has too often been ...

Race and policy -- Native Americans, African Americans, and Jim Crow / Theda Perdue -- Taino-African intersections : elite constructs and resurgent identities / Jose Barreiro -- Blacking out history / ...

Should Washington have a say in who is considered a full-fledged member of a Native American tribe? That question has now moved to the forefront of a heated racial battle within the Cherokee nation, ...

When you think about Southern food, it's easy to picture a plate of crispy fried chicken, buttery biscuits or maybe some hearty collard greens. But what makes these dishes so special? It's not just ...

Website telling the invisible story of those who share African American and Native American ancestry. Over centuries, African Americans and Native Americans created shared histories, communities, ...