Descendants of Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes Assoc. 8th Annual Conference GOES VIRTUAL

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

What:         DESCENDANTS OF FREEDMEN ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE GOES VIRTUAL

When:        Saturday, November 7, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 pm

Where:       Zoom via Eventbrite

Contact:     Marilyn Vann  at 405-227-9810 or mkvann@gmail.com

DESCENDANTS OF FREEDMEN OF THE FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES ASSOCIATION 8TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE GOES VIRTUAL 

The Descendants of Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes Association and the African Indians of the 5 Civilized Tribes Foundation will host a virtual conference on Saturday, November 7, 2020, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m via Zoom. This year’s conference theme is Freedmen Origins of Greenwood:  Tribal Enslavement, Sovereignty, and Citizenship. The conference is sponsored in part through a grant from the  1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission & WPX Energy. 

National and International speakers and presentations will cover the history of Black Native citizens in the formation of Tulsa’s Greenwood district. Attendees will walk away with a deeper understanding of the social and cultural identities of victims of enslavement by tribal citizens and the challenges faced by many of their descendants today. Presenters will address the ongoing struggle for the enforcement of the 1866 Treaty Rights.   

Register for the Descendants of Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes Association Conference on Eventbrite. Updates about the conference can be found on the Descendants of Freedmen of the Five Tribes Facebook events page and Eventbrite.

The Mission of the Descendants of Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes Association, a 501c4 tax-exempt corporation is to provide education about the History and culture of the African-Indian freedmen and their descendants of the five tribes. To learn more about the Descendants of freedmen and their struggle for their rights under the 1866 Treaties, visit the website: www.freedmen5tribes.com  or follow us on Facebook. 

The Descendants of Freedmen of the FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES will DEMONSTRATE at the MUSKOGEE Bureau of Indian Affairs

Descendants of Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes (Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Seminole and Chickasaw) and their supporters will demonstrate outside the Muskogee Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) building at 3 p.m. Friday. The building address is 3100 W. Peak Blvd.

Genízaros: NATIVE AMERICAN SLAVES, Which Were Captured and Sold...by Native Americans

Forgotten history of a shameful period in Native American history.  Native American SLAVES own by the Spanish settlers in New Mexico.  SOLD to them by Native Americans.  We've oft told the story of the Cherokee slaves, who evolved into the Freedmen of the five civilized tribes.  In fact just recently we wrote about how those descendants are often ignored in the commemorations of the Trail of Tears.