Mr. Jones IV no one will nor can respond/answer to your inquiry they way you want; or think one should.

If you are outside of the hoop, there's no way you can share the (our) vantage point (from within the hoop.)

I agree with Mr. Cornsilk, in that you believe/see black 'Indians' i.e. those inside the hoop as 'just black people'.
(paraphrase)

I also agree with what Mr. Allen writes, "freedman descendants are not trying to be Indians..."
(note: Indians is a blanket term for indigenous people).

My opinion is that whether the people are Choc Chic Cher Creek or Seminole with black ancestry or black with the above mentioned five; and are aware, knowledgable or (even) participate in ceremonials et al, are not "just black people" looking to get 'in' but resume (our) a rightful place of inheritance by citizenship within our ancestral indigenous nations.
Star.

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