Livity, Indigenous Wisdom
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The Ones Who Remembered: St. David’s Island and the Native American Slave Trade to the Caribbean
St. David’s Island is a bridge. Between the Northeastern tribes and the Caribbean. Between the past and the present. Between extinction and survival. And if they survived in Bermuda— If they held the memory for three hundred and fifty years— If they came back from the dead according to colonial records— Then ask yourself: How…
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The Guardianship That Never Ended: How Colonial Reclassification Trapped the Osage Nation
In 1920, the Osage Nation were among the wealthiest people per capita in the world. By 1925, they were being systematically murdered for their oil money while the federal government watched. This wasn’t a failure of the system—it was the system. And it’s still operating today. What happened to the Osage demonstrates the machinery of Colonial Reclassification…
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The L3 Family Tree: How Melanesians, Indigenous Americans, and the Beja-Sudanese-Eritrean Peoples Are Related
Mitochondrial DNA haplogroup L3, arising in East Africa around 70,000 years ago, links the Beja, Melanesians, and Indigenous Americans as branches of a common ancestral tree. This genetic evidence challenges colonial racial divisions, revealing profound connections among these populations while highlighting shared maritime, astronomical knowledge, and cultural practices across continents.