INTRODUCTION

"One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.”
― Golda Meir

N.A.A.K.A.’s  mission is to promote education, encourage genealogy, eradicate racism in order to restore our historical and traditional kinships between Native Americans and African Americans.

N.A.A.K.A.’s  sole purpose is to restore the historical legacy created by our two peoples.  The aim of this blog is to promote truth through facts.  If racism is not inherent but learned then it came be unlearned.  My grandmother taught me not to hate a person just because of the color of their skin.  She said “rats come in all colors.”  It is my personal believe that education will help enlighten and sustain this present generation with historical facts of our shared existence.  Education will create a strong foundation of elders and future leaders who will in turn teach and train the next generation.  From time to time I will post interviews with various individuals getting their unique perspective of the issues.  Furthermore, I will encourage my readers to begin their own genealogical research, if they haven’t already, starting with their family oral stories in order to be able to show documentation of their ties by blood and by law. The ultimate purpose is to bring our people back together in harmony by untangling the web of deception caused by the ugliness of racism purposefully bequeathed to us by a false Eurocentric superiority complex.

But before I can begin I need to tell you a little about myself.

I am a citizen of Heaven through my faith in Jesus Christ, a citizen of the United States of America through my birth and one day by faith will be a citizen of the Mvskoke Creek Nation.  I am a descendant of many Mvskoke Creek citizens.  Some with Native blood, some with African blood and some with European blood.  I was formed and fashioned by Ohfvnkv (the One Above) and I am very proud of ALL the blood that runs through my veins.  Hesaketvmese (Master of Breath) makes no mistakes.

 

In 1979 Loyal Creek money held in trust by the United States Government was released for payment to the descendants of those who sided with the Union during the Civil War.  A rather large percentage of the individuals entitled to this money were “Estelvsti” or black Indians descended from freed slaves. Chief Claude Cox of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation illegally (Black, White and Indian by Claudio Saunt page 129) changed our constitution to only allow descendants of those found on the Dawes Creek “Blood” Rolls to enroll as citizens. Thus, the majority of the money lawfully set aside for individuals went to the Nation because certain individuals had just mysteriously disappeared.

Since my grandfather, George Leonard Perryman, is listed on the Dawes Creek “Freedmen” Rolls, I have been denied citizenship.  My ancestors were at one time Mvskoke Creek Citizens and were listed on several rolls predating the Dawes Roll.  They were interpreters, government officials, preachers, teachers, ranchers, farmers, judges and ordinary men and women.  They spoke Mvskoke Opvnakvn.  They dressed as Mvskoke.  They ate Mvskoke food and followed Mvskoke traditions.  They were Vmestvlke.  You can view more of my genealogical information on the  “thecreekfreedmen” website; http://www.thecreekfreedmen.com/id7.html

 

Comments and discussions are greatly appreciated and encouraged but must abide by the following guidelines.  Comments must promote a peaceful atmosphere of unity for all nations.  There will be no room for racist attitudes, racist slurs, profanity or name calling.  Racial gossiping will not be tolerated and comments engaging in such filth will be removed. 

“Great Minds discuss ideas.

Average Minds discuss events.

Small Minds discuss people.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

If the heart of the Creator is to see his creation prosper physically, mentally, emotionally, financially and spiritually then why has HIS creation spend so much wasted time and negative energy in tearing down one another?  Together we must start breaking down the wall of racism and by our example teach the rest of the community, the nation and the world to do the same.  We owe it to our ancestors but more importantly we owe it to our children to leave them a better world than we found it.

Next week I will share some of the earliest stories regarding the beginnings of our kinship alliance.

Nettv heren ocvs. 

 

Mvto

PREFACE

"Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters.” 

 - African Proverb

“History has been written by the victors” is a quote attributed to both Winston Churchill and Napoleon Bonaparte.  It doesn’t matter who said it the point remains, it is true.  If history is written for the benefit and glorification of the conquerors then who speaks for the conquered?  A story is like a coin; it has two sides.  The dominate majority naturally controls the stories glorifying their side.   Howard Zinn, author of A Peoples History of the United States says, “Today our history books continue to promote “a giant web of national pretending” fueling half truths as truth. Yet a half truth is still nothing but a whole lie.

Whenever a dominate culture invades and subjects the indigenous populations by force and by conquest there has to be a psychological takeover as well in order to maintain their violent occupation. Literature, history, media and even documents are altered to glorify the culture of the dominant.  Thereby, logically, the opposite side of the coin, the stories of the minority is purposefully and systematically repressed.  In time the defeated minorities inherits and internalizes the dominant cultural values even to the point of accepting their inherent inferiority.  Sadly many become the greatest defenders of their conquerors.  

 Another component of psychological warfare is the power of definition.  Those in power define others to their psychological advantage.  Sun Tzu, author of The Art of War states "In war, practice dissimulation and you will succeed."  Definition creates perception and perception often leads people to act in specific ways, positive or negative towards other groups of people.  An example of the negative consequences of perception is best held by the definition of the word “race.”  It is critical to understand the etymology and purpose of this hateful word.  It is a late 17^th century early 18^th century social political construct created to purposely show the intellectual differences between make-believe races. 

“The germ of the modern idea of what constitutes “race” emerged in the developments of the 16^th to 18^th centuries, when Europeans began to distinguish, by means of certain visible, outward features of appearance, people subject to enslavement from those who were not.

For all its social historical salience, race can no longer be considered a valid scientific concept.  In the terms of human genetic science, there is no such thing as race.  The ancestry of every human being is made up of a unique set of thousands of genes. “

The Civilizations of Africa: A History to 1800 by Christopher Ehret; page 9

 There is only one race of people, the human race.  Revelations 7:9 describes the Creator’s creation as representatives of every nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues.  We simply belong to different nationalities, ethnic groups, cultures and languages.  The decisive word of race made those in power feel better about themselves as they continue to degrade human beings into the most profitable world of perpetually forced slave labor and as they continued to occupy more lands that rightfully belonged to the indigenous peoples.  Regrettably, we are still defining ourselves using foreign and prejudicial concepts rather than our own traditional mindsets.  We are not living up to what the Creator created us to be.

I have chosen to write this blog because I and others have decided to take back the power and define ourselves.  We have grown tired of the disrespect shown to our ancestors through hateful comments, fear and moronic bigotry.  It is time to honor our ancestors.  We stand on the shoulders of those who have come before us and it is our responsibility as their descendants to tell their story.  For I am what I am and not what you want me to be. I have chosen to write this blog because I am tired of the lies, the ignorance and misinformation about my ancestors.  . 

After all, the Creator made me and not the people around me.  I no longer will be defined by governmental census box that forces me to choose what they want me to be.  I will no longer be defined by people who believe they have the exclusive right to sum up my entire being the moment they meet me.  I am a complex human being and I do not fit neatly into any one box.  Others can no longer dictate to me what “I am.”  For I am what I am and not what you want me to be.

I am not created in your image!!!!

Next week I will share the vision and purpose of the Native African American Kinship Alliance.

Yafke heren ocvs vtekat