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Article: Dual heritage: new resources offer clues to the hidden legacy of Afro-Native American kinships.(bibliomane: Choice Books From University Presses and Small Publishers)
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- Black Issues Book Review
- Article date:
- January 1, 2006
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IT COULD BE THE RECENT OPENING OF A Smithsonian museum dedicated to Native Americans. Maybe it's the allure of glitz and rumors of tax-free cash from reservation casinos. Or perhaps it's just a deep-seated desire to nail down those venerable stories of that great-great-great relative who was "full-blooded Indian."
Whatever the catalyst, this past decade has seen a boost in interest among African Americans searching to relocate--or simply verify--their Native American heritage.
Where books on the subject were once sparse, today there is a steady stream of new titles, fiction and nonfiction, that explore those connections more fully.
"The African ...