Native America Archives - The Race Card Project

Lie. Pretend to be “less Black”

January 24, 2024January 24, 2024 anonymous, Black, generations, less Black, lie, mixed, Native America, USA

Anonymous,
USA.

Someone, maybe many people, in my family took on the persona of mixed race Black/Native Americans so they could be, what? Less Black? I don’t know if it was my father’s generation, or his father’s, or even farther back. I grew up thinking I was Indian and consequently less connected to my Black friends and family. All because someone in generations past thought it would be best to create a lie for their family than make them live in what they knew as the pain of truth. Now I am deconstructing my own story as I try to create a true and strong narrative for my children.

Do you dance around a fire?

August 24, 2021January 3, 2022 Catherine Tiger, dance, fire, Kansas City, MO, Native America, rain dance, stereotype

Catherine Tiger,
Kansas City, MO.

I’ve been to many pow wows and I love to explain to my friends what it is that we do their. It was one day when a man over heard my friend and I talking and he asked if Native America’s dance around a fire and really think they can make it rain. (The rain dance) ….. I’ve never danced around a fire…..

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