Digging Up Our Roots: Illuminating Our Ancestral Pathways | Gabriel Adam Greaves

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Gabriel shares his personal experience in exploring his family history and how it shaped his identity. He also talks about the importance of studying history and how addressing the past can be a healing experience. Gabriel shares his intriguing journey of discovering an ancestor in Nova Scotia and the significance of learning more about his family tree.

Listeners will learn how to embrace their unique heritage and appreciate their ancestors' stories that can lead to reconciliation.

Timestamps

[00:01:45] Bi-racial background and ancestral roots explained.

[00:05:27] Importance of elders in shaping identity.

[00:08:59] Jesus template helped see multiethnic saviour.

[00:13:10] Jesus' family tree has crazy characters.

[00:15:48] Forgive others, recognize we need healing.

[00:19:31] Disruption from authentic space for conversation.

[00:21:30] Don't ignore history that still impacts today.

[00:24:28] Address settler mindset, celebrate diverse stories.

[00:32:13] Genealogy is a calling from ancestors.

[00:35:00] Hardship is part of God's plan.

Guest Links

Black Slavery in the Maritimes: A History in Documents https://tinyurl.com/26kkjaaa
Blacks on the Border: The Black Refugees in British North America, 1815–1860 https://a.co/d/85mIO1z
Mom Suse: Matriarch of the Preston area Black Community https://a.co/d/0Yzaa0Q
The Black Seminole Legacy and North American Politics, 1693-1845 by Bruce Edward Twyman https://a.co/d/5bHTtqL
The Maroons of Prospect Bluff and Their Quest for Freedom in the Atlantic World" By Nathaniel Millet https://a.co/d/b4Fm4jt
The Fort at Prospect Bluff: The British Post on the Apalachicola & the Battle of Negro Fort" by Dale Cox https://a.co/d/3WtMW7n
The Fort at Prospect Bluff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Uq8tl0tZBc
Rebels and Runaways: Slave Resistance in Nineteenth-Century Florida By Larry E. Rivers https://a.co/d/eIboBO4
Creeks and Seminoles: The Destruction and Regeneration of the Muscogulge People (Indians of the Southeast) by J. Leitch Wright Jr. https://a.co/d/e4Vf8X0
Imaginary Margins and Intercultural Identities" https://tinyurl.com/fjc729cz
Born Again Indian: A Story of Self Discovery of a Red-Black Woman and Her People" https://rb.gy/raz0k
Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage by William Katz
Ancestral Indigenous Healing (Decolonizing for Natives and Africans) https://www.facebook.com/groups/1330188930462658
Second Seminole War as a Florida Negro War https://www.youtube.com/@seminolewarsauthority4403/videos
The History of Florida | The Seminole War https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVBCCjr-zrw

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Episode 12

16th Jun 2023

Digging Up Our Roots: Illuminating Our Ancestral Pathways | Gabriel Adam Greaves

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