i've been writing so much about my mother and her family and very little about my father.  well, until recently, i thought i knew all there was to know about my father's family.  but now there's been yet another major familial wake-up call.  my father's family were 'danish jews.' ...

These are excerpts from "Transgressions in Race and Place" by Darlene Wilson and Patricia D. Beaver, from a Women's Studies collection of essays entitled Neither Separate Nor Equal : "A word portrait of the Melungeon or mountain 'native granny' may be gleaned from legends and document...

Does anyone out there remember the book 'In Wilderness Is The Preservation Of The World' ?  Since exploring my ancestry I've joined a number of Native American online groups and have discovered that we do indeed all share a great love of nature, just as it is, with minimal amendments.  I'm...

Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier, author of Cold Mountain.  If you liked the 'nature writing' and the 'Native American' writing in 'Cold Mountain, you will love this book.  Although there is not exactly a gripping plot, for history buffs the creation and dissolution of the Cherokee Nation...