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Melungeons are a Sweetgum Kriyul tribe mostly concentrated in the Appalachian Mountains of Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and the Carolinas. There are several tribes within the Melungeon tribe such as the Chestnut Ridge People (CRP) from West Virginia, Ohio, and small borderland parts of Maryland and Pennsylvania, but mostly living on Chestnut Ridge for which they are named.
All Melungeon tribes are categorically labeled under the categorical umbrella term Melungeon, which originated likely as a pejorative term from Arabic, Melan Jinn, meaning cursed Jinn. Jinn are figures in Islamic tradition said to be one of three powerful beings Allah created, which also include humans and angels as the other two. Some Jinn are Muslims and others are unbelievers. Some are even evil. Another theory suggests "Melungeon" comes from Malange, a somewhat archaic word from North American French dialects meaning to mix or blend, as Melungeons are a triracial isolate group being of mixed race heritage, similar to other Sweetgum Kriyul tribes such as the Ethnic Qarsherskiyan tribe and the Lumbee tribe.
Elvis Presley was a famous Melungeon.
All Melungeon tribes are categorically labeled under the categorical umbrella term Melungeon, which originated likely as a pejorative term from Arabic, Melan Jinn, meaning cursed Jinn. Jinn are figures in Islamic tradition said to be one of three powerful beings Allah created, which also include humans and angels as the other two. Some Jinn are Muslims and others are unbelievers. Some are even evil. Another theory suggests "Melungeon" comes from Malange, a somewhat archaic word from North American French dialects meaning to mix or blend, as Melungeons are a triracial isolate group being of mixed race heritage, similar to other Sweetgum Kriyul tribes such as the Ethnic Qarsherskiyan tribe and the Lumbee tribe.
Elvis Presley was a famous Melungeon.
Have you heard of the Melungeon folks of Appalachia? They aren't quite White, and definitely aren't quite Black. They are a mix of Black, White, and a some Indigenous folks in their bloodline too.
by Son of Ogun December 2, 2024
Get the Melungeon mug.Orisha Ogun is believed by Aliyite Muslims to be an African iteration or continuation of Imam Ali in the land of the Yoruba people of Western Africa. He may have also visited the Native Americans of North America, with Carolina Parakeets as his winged messengers who repeated dawah knowledge and spread it by the wing by flying far away and mimicking Imam Ali/Orisha Ogun's spiritual sermons.
Imam Ali was the first caliph, Ogun was the first Orisha, an Aliyite Muslim is a son or daughter of Ogun, two in one, the first of all. Imam Ali is Orisha Ogun.
by Son of Ogun December 2, 2024
Get the Orisha Ogun mug.The Chestnut Ridge People (CRP) are a subgroup of the Melungeon tribe. Melungeons are a Sweetgum Kriyul tribe primarily concentrated in the Southern and Central Appalachian Mountain range and Appalachian Plateau. It should be mentioned some Melungeon people such as the Carmel Indians of Ohio live outside of Appalachia.
The Chestnut Ridge People are hardworking. Like other Sweetgum Kriyul tribes such as the Lumbees and the Ethnic Qarsherskiyans, Chestnut Ridge People are a tri-racial isolate group with unique genetics and a long history dating about to colonial times.
by Son of Ogun December 4, 2024
Get the Chestnut Ridge People mug.The Carmel Indians are a subgroup of the Melungeon tribe from Western and Southern Ohio.
Melungeons are a varied group of Sweetgum Kriyul people primarily concentrated in the Eastern USA, especially around the Appalachian Mountains, with Carmel Indians of Ohio being an exception to the norm of Melungeons being in Appalachia. The ancestors of Carmel Indians came up from Kentucky and Virginia long ago in more than one wave of migration. Today, Carmel Indians maintain ties with other Sweetgum Kriyul tribes such as Brass Ankles of South Carolina, the Ethnic Qarsherskiyans, the Lumbee people, and others. They also maintain connections with the other groups of the Melungeon tribe like the Chestnut Ridge People.
Melungeons are a varied group of Sweetgum Kriyul people primarily concentrated in the Eastern USA, especially around the Appalachian Mountains, with Carmel Indians of Ohio being an exception to the norm of Melungeons being in Appalachia. The ancestors of Carmel Indians came up from Kentucky and Virginia long ago in more than one wave of migration. Today, Carmel Indians maintain ties with other Sweetgum Kriyul tribes such as Brass Ankles of South Carolina, the Ethnic Qarsherskiyans, the Lumbee people, and others. They also maintain connections with the other groups of the Melungeon tribe like the Chestnut Ridge People.
Carmel Indians are mostly from Ohio in the West and Southwest of the state and the deep southern part of the state. Many had moved to faraway cities for better job opportunities though. Some are in Detroit or even further away.
by Son of Ogun December 4, 2024
Get the Carmel Indians mug.The Brass Ankles are a tribe of Sweetgum Kriyul people, a triracial isolate Creole group mostly concentrated in Eastern North America with 1 to 2 million people. The term Brass Ankles was originally a slur, but the community it reclaiming the term, similar to Melungeons and other Sweetgum Kriyul tribes.
Brass Ankles are among the most friendly people I've ever met. They are a people of honour and dignity and have my respect because of this.
by Son of Ogun December 4, 2024
Get the Brass Ankles mug.The Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis) is the only Native parrot in the Eastern part of the United States of America and the Southern parts of Ontario and Quebec provinces in Canada and in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
Carolina Parakeet lived in the Great Plains and along the front range of the Rocky Mountains near Denver and North to the Great Lakes and New England and Southern Canada and South from there to the Piney Woods area of East Texas and South and East from there to Virginia Beach and Florida.
Carolina Parakeets are believed to be extinct by many, the last notable sightings of these parrots were recorded in the 1930s. They are sacred to some Native American tribes and to Ethnic Qarsherskiyan people and hold an important place in the Aliyite religion, with many Aliyite Muslims believing Carolina Parakeets copied Imam Ali's sermons, as parrots tend to copy voices, while Imam Ali was in North America - preceding to fly for many miles all over their range, speaking religious matters, causing Native Americans to hear and convert to Aliyite Islam - and so they're considered to be the sacred messengers of Imam Ali.
Carolina Parakeet lived in the Great Plains and along the front range of the Rocky Mountains near Denver and North to the Great Lakes and New England and Southern Canada and South from there to the Piney Woods area of East Texas and South and East from there to Virginia Beach and Florida.
Carolina Parakeets are believed to be extinct by many, the last notable sightings of these parrots were recorded in the 1930s. They are sacred to some Native American tribes and to Ethnic Qarsherskiyan people and hold an important place in the Aliyite religion, with many Aliyite Muslims believing Carolina Parakeets copied Imam Ali's sermons, as parrots tend to copy voices, while Imam Ali was in North America - preceding to fly for many miles all over their range, speaking religious matters, causing Native Americans to hear and convert to Aliyite Islam - and so they're considered to be the sacred messengers of Imam Ali.
Carolina Parakeets, along with Spanish Moss, Dwarf Palmetto Palms, Bald Cypress trees, Southern Live Oak, and other symbols of historic Newport News, Virginia are sacred symbols for many in the local Ethnic Qarsherskiyan community.
by Son of Ogun December 4, 2024
Get the Carolina Parakeet mug.Qarsherskiyan English is an umbrella term for several somewhat similar dialects of English spoken by some members of the Ethnic Qarsherskiyan tribe and people who grew up around the Ethnic Qarsherskiyan community. It is often described by speakers of Standardized American English as being a mix of Tangier Island English, African American English or Ebonics, Southern American Accent, Appalachian Accents, and a bit of Midwestern Accent thrown in, all topped off with random Islamic Arabic and Creole French terms sprinkled in such as:
Bon Mateèn,
Salam Aleékum,
Merci Byoukou,
Alhamdulillah,
SubhanAllah,
MashAllah,
InşAllah,
Etc.
Bon Mateèn,
Salam Aleékum,
Merci Byoukou,
Alhamdulillah,
SubhanAllah,
MashAllah,
InşAllah,
Etc.
Whenever she speaks in her Qarsherskiyan English, my friend makes me smile. I like her accent. It's very attractive.
by Son of Ogun December 4, 2024
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