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Unnamed: Because They Were Indian
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Biographies GeneralNative American History19th Century United States History
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Publisher: Susan Lorraine Kadera
Published: Oct 6 2025
Pages: 46
Weight: 0.14
Height: 0.11 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Unnamed: Because They Were Indian is my devotional offering to the ancestors whose names were erased by ink but remembered by spirit. Through census records, oral history, and ancestral intuition, I trace the lives of Indigenous family members who were misclassified, unnamed, or reduced to racial codes. They were Cherokee, Lumbee, Monacan-women who stirred cedar smoke into prayer, men who carried tribal memory in their hands, children who braided stories into silence.
This book is not just a record-it's a ritual. A reclamation. A resurrection. I name the ones who were listed only as mulatto, free person of color, or left blank. I restore their dignity through symbolic naming, spiritual reflection, and historical context. From the Indian Removal Act to tribal enrollment debates, I explore how federal systems obscured Indigenous identity and how ancestral truth still rises.
Featuring a timeline of erasure and resistance, a glossary of racial classifications, and research tips for genealogical seekers, Unnamed: Because They Were Indian is both a legacy memoir and a guide for those who carry unnamed ancestors in their bones. Every page is a drumbeat. Every silence is now a song.
This book is their name now. This breath is their blessing. This story is their return.
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