Sunday, May 3, 2009

Native American and African American

Interracial groups between Amercan Indians in Latin America is somewhat unremarkable and there is a relatively large population of mixed African Amerindian people in Latin America normally called "Zambos" or "Cafusos". In the United States and Canada interracial groups between American Indians and African Americans has also been high throughout the 18th through early 20th century attending in most African Americans being a cause American Indian.

Intermarriage between African slaves and Native Americans began happening in the early 1600s. In 1622 Native Americans out numbered the European politics of Jamestown. They killed the Europeans but brought the African slaves as captives back to their communities, easily conform them.  It is a common misunderstanding that people of African and Native American family are descendents of only the five cultured tribes. However, interracial relationships between African Americans and many other tribes happened on the coastal states of the United States. Some colonial advertisements for runaway slaves made control sopport to the integration of African Americans into the Native American communities. 

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