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Melungeon Voices S3 E1 – Ramona Moore Big Eagle
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- updated:
- status: high-priority, to be worked
- African American history, American history, culture, history, identity, Melungeon-specific, Native American history, populations, race/ethnicity, storytelling
date:
9.30.2022
length:
36 min
presenter:
Melungeon Heritage Associationproducer:
Lis Malone (Lis Malone LLC)
host:
Heather Andolina (MHA President)
guest:
Ramona Moore Big Eagle
description:
Ramona Moore Big Eagle is an award winning and internationally renowned motivational speaker, storyteller, cultural educator, consultant, and workshop facilitator. She is president and CEO of Dare to Soar Enterprises, an organization she formed in 1991 to empower people of all ages and across all walks of life to become more effective communicators.
In this episode, Heather Andolina (Melungeon Heritage Association Board President) speaks with Ramona about her Afro-Indigenous ancestry, the significance of storytelling in native communities, and the importance and traditions of storytelling.
In this episode, Heather Andolina (Melungeon Heritage Association Board President) speaks with Ramona about her Afro-Indigenous ancestry, the significance of storytelling in native communities, and the importance and traditions of storytelling.
peoples:
Other Resources
- The Graysville Melungeons: A Tri-Racial People in Lower East Tennessee
- A History of Blacks in Kentucky from Slavery to Segregation, 1760-1891
- 1840 U.S. Census – Morgan County, Kentucky
- 1820 U.S. Census – Prestonsburg, Floyd County, Kentucky
- Melungeon Voices S5 E7 – Melungeon and Redbone Ancestral Connections
- The Only Land I Know: A History of the Lumbee Indians