Re: [DL] Gone Native for blacks

[Derek Carmichael <dcarmichael@apple.com>]

> on 7/19/01 2:26 PM, Daniel Gwyn wrote:

> Well, there is also another way around the problem.  I remember hearing
> about "black Seminoles" in the movie "Lone Star."   It was only a side note,
> but the gist of it was that escaped slaves had joined with the Seminoles.  I
> don't know the timing but in theory a younger black character could have
> been born into a Seminole tribe (or another tribe if you and your marshal
> like) and thus be Indian rather than Gone Native.  The character would
> consider himself Seminole rather than black.

This is very well supported in a book I'm currently reading titled: the
Black West.  So far a very interesting read.

Derek