I'm 60% mixed race African and I am a DNA descendant of Pocahontas & Rolfe family... my ancestry dates to early Virginia. My earliest known ancestor was a mixed Indigenous Indian and African who was captured during the Anglo-Indian Wars. He was taken prisoner as a child and turned into a Indentured servant for the Gov William Stone bloodline of Poynton Manor, Port Tobacco, Charles County, Mayland.
My family is originally from Mexico and Ireland but I love learning about other people's cultures especially native culture. I used to work at a history museum where I was interpreter representing the Powhatan Indians and let me say from what I've learned from them I have them up most respect for their culture.
Not half of America but she did have a lot of children. Half of the people that look for Powhatan videos such as this are probably related to her because we are looking for information about our ancestry. People that are classified by the government as indigenous and live on reservations probably don't bother to watch videos like this. And people that don't care about Native culture don't watch these videos. So yes, most people that come to watch this are likely related.❤
I Am A Powhatan Indian! Ask me. I am well-versed and physically recognized as an Indian. Instructed by my uncle who only lived in the forest as an Indian. Fascinating!
shirley cuffee my Family is Mattaponi, the Anderson is our name now. My great great grandfather built Mangohick Church a history National Landmark. We still own and live on the land of our Ancestors.
We've always been dark skinned. We are true Indians, as in from India or the land of Nod. Indigenous to America, not native. Time to receive our land, please and thank you 💜💚💜💚💜💚💜. No one wants revenge, only peace and to finally be left alone so we can grow.
Expanding our consciousness .. indigenous is in da genes.. but pronounced w Spanish accent it sounded like Indian..just think about that for a few minutes. We didn't come from India but are InDegeneous to the sacred homeland
We had a written language -Kenah(Thank you) Powhatan now the language is mainly dead but only because of colonialism and boarding schools beating native languages out of us.
Since I was very young I was very fascinated about Native Americans and wanted to learn more. When I was young I was willing to give anything just to live among them.
This is why I love and hate native history. On the one hand I love learning about these wonderful people. On the other, I always have to deal with the fact that I know it never ends well for them :(
On my mother's side I have some ancestors from Jamestown - Ann Burras the only woman who was talked about in the story of Jamestown. Her husband was John Leyden, a labourer; Ann was a handmaiden to Lady ( forgot her name ) whose husband was a "gentlemen" ( this was a title not a description of character). Might add there were also some Polish immigrants who came to Jamestown as labourers. The name Burras comes from the South of England and either means farmhouse or fortress But I met a soldier named Burras who was of Norwegian descent and his original name was Boerass(sp)? There are also other names like Bourras(Catalonia) and Bourrassa(France) - Anyway there were many Native Americans who went to Europe with European spouses I had a DNA test from iGenea showing my ancestry but there was no mention of Native American origins, so..........
If you ever had the opportunity to meet a full blood Cherokee... they're not white but have a dark brown copper color...not sure where all these white Indians came from
excellent explanation in brief !!! narrator has really expressive technique. I came to know about this tribe through Pocahontas. I want to know something more about this tribe... please, if somebody can share, especially for Pocahontas. Thanks !!!
I stumbled on a connection on my father's mothers line also to Pocahontas on the "find a grave " website I'm afraid I can't remember the specific site but it took me back I knew of Cherokee and Choctaw on both sides of both parents but it's strange that this history was not passed down to us
no one could every explain how poahontus knew english. she was the first to greet the pilgrims when arrived. it is appauling that the are not a federally recgonozed tribe.
@@rickyfarrugia7105 well that's because the Europeans were not trusted then and NOW. Today the Europeans, I refer to are the modern day White Americans. Technologically they don't want us in America both Black & Indians. But you know what, I'm kinda glad my people are not federal recognized... that gives me great pride knowing "we" don't need the federal government to survive with handouts. 400 years later we are still here.
@@fetengineer9151 Every country is the same. In fact , America is one of the LEAST racist countries and most diverse. Any traveling whatsoever internationally will show you that.
I’m not American, but of all the tribes in America this tribe are one of my favourites. They’re not the most famous, apart from the link with Pocahontas, but they’re not as famous as the Lakota or Apache, but they looked so cool, the face paint and they’re on the coast and they’re living in these enormous forests, and I love the way they dressed. It’s a pity the language has disappeared, what a shame. Also I heard there was some guy who tried to ignore them as a tribe back in the 60s or 70s, I think he was a politician, his surname began with a P?, he basically ignored their claims as an independent nation or something.
Not true what happened to Pocahontas. No one is certain who is the actual father of her child (very likely was raped) and no, that son was not her first. Her first child was a girl who was given away and her first husband was killed on purpose by the colonists. She was forced under threat to convert to Christianity when she was on the ship heading to England...at the time, not being Christian was basically considered being the devil so she was forced to do so in order to survive. This video is severely inaccurate. The so called husband was not willing to give everything to his "son" but on his deathbed, he was having to do so due to English law and his son came back to America. I do not think he ever met his mother's family at all. At least, he got the lands that his so called father stole from his Native relatives. The only reason Pocahontas married the man was because it was considered to be very shameful to be pregnant without a father or man in the picture so she married him to survive in England.
@@clioalexandra6485the information you seek is definitely available but unfortunately for most average people it's hard to gather up. For example my family ancestry and information is available too but it's deeply within several different books and scattered around in several court houses in all original documentation from Essex County, Virginia to Charles County Mayland. To help start your research look up the Rolfe family tree/Y European chromosome R-M269 and his mixed race son Thomas who married a Bolling... this bloodline will have descendants today with at least 1% Native American DNA which basically translates into one full blooded Indian person about 400 years ago which would be his mother Pocahontas. Good luck.
cee sco thank you so much for pointing that out. because i see more pale faces on these videos and photos like..come on with the fraud already. wasnt a pale face on this land before Europe thought they were in heaven when they got here
