After Years of Searching, I Finally Found My Black Indian Community

The blood of two peoples runs in us, and we want everyone to know we are still here

Shonda Buchanan
ZORA
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7 min readAug 19, 2019

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Credti: iloveancestry.com

DDropping off a book at the Hampton Public Library, I glance at the counter and see a licorice-red flyer that says, “Come Join the Weyanoke Association: African Americans Honoring Our American Indian Heritage.” I…

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Shonda Buchanan
ZORA
Writer for

Writer. Laugher. Traveler. Often the only Black Indian woman in the room, since 5th grade to college (LMU, Antioch U.) and at board mtgs.