Sentence examples for indian ancestors from inspiring English sources

The best beginning point for these records would be Emma Jolly's new guide, "Tracing Your British Indian Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians".

Tribal governments' continued discrimination against the ex-slaves' descendants, including those who also have Indian ancestors, reveals the political construction of racial categories and the persistence of racism.

He knew well the stories behind the Trail of Tears and the racial hatred that had driven his American Indian ancestors from the South to the dusty Southwest.

Oases of mango, date palm, sweet lemon, and lime still survive on this system, their fruit knuckled in on itself against the heat, smaller and more pungent than their Indian ancestors.

Murillo is most commonly known by his Aztec name, Atl (the Náhuatl word for "water"), which he adopted as a repudiation of his Spanish heritage and as a demonstration of his pride in his Mexican Indian ancestors and their culture.

Some 44% of Fijians, like Mr Chaudhry, have Indian ancestors, many of whom arrived to work in the sugar plantations when Fiji was run by Britain.Mr Speight's demands for an ethnically pure Fiji have unleashed troubles across the islands.

A student who was white with a distant American Indian ancestor, for instance, would most likely have identified himself as white.

As I progressed in my research, it was not long before I discovered that I had a direct Indian ancestor, was the product of a similar interracial liaison from this period, and had Indian blood in my veins.

Bhavani Shankar played the two-headed pakhawaj, the South Indian ancestor of the tabla, reciting the high-speed syllables of an intricate composition and bouncing his drum notes from octave to octave.

"But having an American Indian ancestor or relative isn't a license to use that relative's culture spontaneously and without context," said in a statement on its website.

My 13-year-old son, John, and I had driven cross-country last July to Oklahoma, which in the language of the Choctaw means "red people," looking for American Indian powwows because, like many American families, we have an Indian ancestor, a Choctaw.