The New Era of Native American Heritage: European Genocide, and the Genetic Science of Survival

About the Book

Native North Americans and their history from colonial times to the present day have been a topic of discussion and study by nearly every ethnic group and nationality around the world. It could be said that the Native American has been cast and recast, interpreted, reinterpreted, and misinterpreted more than any other ethnic group throughout modern history. The Anglo centric perspective remains the most widely adopted way of looking at Native American civilizations. It is still widely accepted as positive that white colonists “discovered “the North American continent and due to their racial superiority supplanted the less developed, “savage” native inhabitants. Even the seemingly more Native American friendly interpretations of history still cast them as a conquered victimized and oppressed minority, over simplifying them as uniformly dignified, peace-loving people who lived harmoniously with nature. Historians, and those who interpret the past are inevitably a product of the social, cultural, and political issues of their time, as well as their education and echelon of society. Fortunately, as societies evolve, responsible historians have been prompted to reconsider these long-held assumptions within the context of a more evolved and diverse perspective. Even more importantly, however, in the last several decades, historians of Native American descent are finally enriching the field of North American history by adding the vital dimension of their long-absent native voices. Native Americans themselves are at long last being invited to participate in interpreting and researching their own ancestral colonization.

About the Author

Indigenous genealogy of author traced back to Colonial Virginia First Generation: John Figro Oxendine (circa, 1694–1759 ) and Sarah Ann Oxendine (1704–1750) Second Generation: Israel Oxendine (circa, 1769–?) Third Generation: James Oxendine Sr. (1797–1856) and Elizabeth Oxendine (circa, 1780–?) Fourth Generation: Jesse Peterkin Oxendine (1819–1897) and Catherine Lowry Oxendine (1828–1898) Fifth Generation: Martha Oxendine (1849–1909), married John Travis Sanderson (1856–1917) Sixth Generation: Christiana Sanderson (1879–1962), married Benjamin Robert Spaulding (1876–1955) Seventh Generation: Janie Spaulding Blanks-Locklear (1919–1993), married John Blanks Eight Generation: Fannie Lee Blanks Campbell (1939–1962), married Elmore R. Campbell Ninth Generation: Milton Campbell (1962–Present), author