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On this episode of Mic'd Up, Mika explores the rich history of Indigenous (Pre-American) tribes here in South Carolina and how they intersected with Black lives to create communities of "Black Indians", both here in the Palmetto State and nation wide.

Links to clips played during the show:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTJyor_rFlc&t=184s

www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0TImCHcAWY

www.npr.org/2010/11/30/131696685/-Black-Indians-Explore-Challenges-Of-Hidden-Heritage

www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=146087630

USC Lancaster's Native American Studies Center www.sc.edu/about/system_and_campuses/lancaster/study/student_opportunities/native_american_studies_center/

www.npr.org/2011/09/20/140630565/americas-2nd-largest-indian-tribe-expels-blacks

Other Links:

Black Indians by William books.google.com/books?id=9M95DgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=black+indians&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj-0p7m24_mAhUQvFkKHVVGAtcQ6AEwAHoECAMQAg

www.smithsonianmag.com/history/an-ancestry-of-african-native-americans-7986049/

https://www.kgou.org/post/why-indian-territorys-all-black-towns-prospered-while-most-oklahoma-territorys-faded-away

Catawba Indians - www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSHZ4K8nq0Y

Black Towns of Oklahoma - www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL2ihPUjuj0

Music featured on this episode:

Benny Starr's A Water Album (Forever Love & Water Keeps Rising)

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