Catawba, Saponi, Melungeon

So much of Indigenous American history has been lost to genocide and time, like melted snow, leaving no evidence that it once existed. Vance Hawkins has engaged in masterful detective work, tracing the fading footprints of tribal remnants who once inhabited much of the Eastern Woodlands. Many families have held the tradition for generations that their ancestors were once Indigenous, but disease, war, and quite often, government policies, have erased their identities and branded them as "wannabes" and "fake Indians." But Hawkins uncovers evidences that these people are the mixed descendants and longterm survivors of mass genocide.