The original meaning was a person with African American and Native American admixture, but the term also applied to freed African Americans that lived with Native Americans that were not mixed.
It's unclear how many people whom are considered African American also have Native American heritage but it is clear that most African American do have Native American ancestry as studies continue to be done by historians and geneticists.
It's unclear how many people whom are considered African American also have Native American heritage but it is clear that most African American do have Native American ancestry as studies continue to be done by historians and geneticists.
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Get the Black Indian mug.1. Any person of mixed African and Indian heritage. This term can be used to describe a person of mixed African and East Indian heritage, but is most often used to describe a person of mixed African and North or South American Indian hertiage.
2. An Afro - Indian.
3. Any African American with known Native American ancestry.
2. An Afro - Indian.
3. Any African American with known Native American ancestry.
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