Alaina E. Roberts on the intersection of Black and Native American history

Native Circles

English - November 02, 2021 14:00 - 26 minutes - 18.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 18 ratings
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Alaina E. Roberts discusses the intersection of Black and Native American life from the Civil War to the modern day. She talks about her personal family history, Black and Native history in the West, slavery in the Five Tribes (the Chickasaw, Choctaw, Cherokee, Creek, and Seminole Nations), and her book - I’ve Been Here All the While: Black Freedom on Native Land.

Alaina E. Roberts is an award-winning historian currently working as Assistant Professor of History at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Roberts holds a Doctorate in History from Indiana University and a Bachelor of Arts in History, with honors, from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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https://alainaeroberts.com/https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/09/us/tulsa-massacre-native-history-alaina-roberts/index.html https://time.com/5954759/slavery-in-indian-territory/ https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/josephvlee/seminole-oklahoma-black-freedmen-vaccines