Year Tag: 2024
Marcus Garvey Revisited: Eugenics
In this episode we delve into the short, but complex relationship between Marcus Garvey and Virginia eugenicists during the 1920s. These strange bedfe…
Becoming Catawba: Catawba Indian Women and Nation-Building, 1540-1840
Brooke M. Bauer's Becoming Catawba: Catawba Indian Women and Nation-Building, 1540-1840 is the first book-length study of the role Catawba women playe…
Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts
People are always surprised that Black people reside in the hills of Appalachia. Those not surprised that we were there, are surprised that we stayed.…
The Birth Certificate: An American History
For many Americans, the birth certificate is a mundane piece of paper, unearthed from deep storage when applying for a driver's license, verifying inf…
Are Redbones and Melungeons Related?
Let's talk about something really fascinating: the connection between Redbone and Melungeon families. You know, these two groups have such a rich, int…
The Complexities of Native Identity in America
The process to be officially considered Native American, can be complicated – and heartbreaking for those who identify but don’t qualify. Carrie L…
The Indian Card: Who Gets to be Native in America
To be Native American is to live in a world of contradictions. At the same time that the number of people in the US who claim Native identity has expl…
