Did you know that there are Black Indians?

Question

I just find out that american have black Indians but It was lost in the history books. People they are not African decent either, the Black Indians was here before the Afircans come over as slaves. The lady who is a black Indian said that they have to fight for there rights to bc there skin was black to like Afircans but she said the only thing you can tell them apart was how they speak the language.

I wondering Did the Native Americans have diffrent skin tones! I did not know there where any black people here in america! Before the slaves thing happen. Oh yeah! She said that her ppl get mistaken as Mexican or however y'all call them(Hispanic) in Ockhloma

(Native Americans) Sorry for my mispelling!

It's sad that people don't even know this becacuse it's not mention in the history books, America have this image of a native american with light skin, there are black Indian and no they are not African people.

Answer 1

Yes, I knew this. They won't teach this in mainstream education aka European history so don't expect to find it there. If you did research beyond that, you will find out there there were indeed black ppl in America well before the slaves were brought over, and Native Americans are indeed proof of that. There is documented proof if you seek to find it.

There were black ppl here before the slave ships. Read "They came before Colombus" by Ivan Van Sertima. Somewhere in their blood line they do have African descent, as their origin would have been Africa. Africans migrated all over....remember back then the planet had not shifted into different land masses.

Many slaves sought refuge within the Native Americans b/c they were sometimes hard to tell apart. That's where the mixture of black & Native American children comes into play. Many AA's have a significant amount of Native American genetic strings in their DNA.


"It appeared that some of the skulls from Tlatilco, Cerro de las Mesas and Monte Alban (all pre-Classic sites in Mexico) show, to a different degree, a clear prevalence of the total ******* pattern that has been evidenced by the use of two methods: a) multivariate distance analysis of average characteristics of individual fractions distinguished cranioscopically: b) analysis of frequency distributions of Mean Index of the position between combinations of racial varieties.


Another great find in February 1975 by a Smithsonian Institution team was two ******* male skeletons. These skeletons were found in the U.S. Virgin Islands in a grave that was used and abandoned long before Columbus arrived. The soil was dated to be 1250 AD. The teeth showed, "dental mutilation characteristic of early African cultures." Prior to this, Dr. Andrzej Wiecinski addressed the XLI International Congress of Americanist in Mexico (September 1974). This is what Wiecinski said:

It appeared that some of the skulls from Tlatilco, Cerro de las Mesas and Monte Alban (all pre-Classic sites in Mexico) show, to a different degree, a clear prevalence of the total ******* pattern that has been evidenced by the use of two methods: a) multivariate distance analysis of average characteristics of individual fractions distinguished cranioscopically: b) analysis of frequency distributions of Mean Index of the position between combinations of racial varieties.


"This discovery in 1975 would indicate Africans were here before Columbus. They died here before Columbus, and they were buried here before the arrival of Columbus"

Answer 2

No i thought that the Native American indians were usually dark brown to tan skinned . So i looked up and there was a period in the old days where slaves escaped and lived with indian tribes and that the interbreeding resulted in what is known as black idians
.Below is some thing i found.

A long time ago, there where great nations that lived on this continent. Apache, Arapaho, Dineh, Pima, Lakota, Choctaw, Miscasuki, Misquali, and other great Indian Nations.
The Early Europeans that came here looked to destroy, divide and conquer. They wanted to subdue the earth. And so they did. To complete this horrible work, they used slaves. Captives from another far away land. Others of a Great nation. Mandigo, Pikuyu, Masai, Kambulu, Africans.
These people where brought here under duress and chains Many of them escaped and hid with the Indians. The Colonial officials figured they must divide and conquer these two people. But if they stood side by side, they would not stand a chance.
So they Hired Indians to become slave hunters. And Hired Slaves to hunt Indians. Indian against African, African against Indian. In many places this worked. And in some places it didn't.
Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminol and other Tribes that had these slaves fought many times side by side. And in many cases intermarried and had children. Today the children of these Indian and African's are known as BlackIndians.
Today a struggle still goes on to be excepted. We are the children of the great warriors of old. At a time when the dawning of a new age where we can call each other brothers and sisters, we strive to free our families of a prejudice learned. And seek to embrace both heritage and culture into one.
We are the offspring of our ancestors, and so, we are proud of who we are and we are not ashamed.

Answer 3

Like someone above, I've never heard of such a thing but it does seem possible. I'm guessing it varies from person to person as with all types of hatred. My family is of another culture and it's hard for them to accept any other customs etc., which I think is completely ridiculous so I'm guessing it's the same thing with some Native Americans. They maybe feel that the black Indians don't have to go through the same struggles as themselves or aren't "Indian" enough whether it be through physical traits or customs and traditions. It's sad how people always have to prove themselves

Answer 4

I DO know that there were black indians.. as in half native (or mostly native blood) with black ancestory. No I didn;t know dark-skinned indians were called black indian too though. i knew they existed. Yes native americans had different skin tones you have some that are a reddish brown (my tone is kinda like that) some that are light skinned like from alaska/canada
and the really dark indians. In a history class i took some of the settlers that came over (north east) noticed many were very darkskinned,so yeah. wow where did u fnid this info? is there any website

Answer 5

Actually there were also Africans here before slaves. Africans traveled to America for a better life just like any other culture. They originally came here to work as endentured servants where they worked with no pay for 7 years. Once the 7 year time period was over they were free to do whatever work they were able to find.

I also did know that there are Black Indians. In darker skinned races you can find a wonderful variety of shades of flesh.

Answer 6

Everyone originated from Africa. "The Bering Straight" was supposedly a land mass that people crossed to the Americas before the continents separated.
The Native Americans I question the authenticity of are the ones with extremely pale skin.

Answer 7

Depends entirely on what you think Black Indian means. We do have variations of skin color just like the European invaders had different skin tones. Some of us have really dark complexions while others of us can and do pass for "white". Most people think when you talk of "black indians" think you are talking about the many mixed bloods that have Native American/African blood.

While there is NO SUCH THING as a "black" indian there is just us with a darker skin tone.

Answer 8

yeah. there were/are darker skinned natives. and like you said they are NOT africans. anyway, since they have no connection to africa why do you mention africans? their bloodline would more than likely come from the maya people. would make more sense since they are a darker complexion compared to the lighter skinned natives we are familiar with. so many of the mayans probably migrated from mexico to america.

Answer 9

Very interesting read! I'm not surprised.

Answer 10

Sorry, but there were no "black" people here before Africans were brought over. That surely would have been noted by early Euopeans. The back Indians fighting for their rights so strongly right now are decendants of Africans. They were promised mebership in the tribe.( Cherokee) but currently a faction of the tribe is trying to revove tribal membership. The issue is not denying admission into the tribe but repealing membership from a group that has had membership since just after the civil war.
And here in Oklahoma we call Mexicans, well Mexicans. Kinda like we call Germans, Germans.