Celebrating the Diversity of Appalachia
Melungeon Heritage Association is holding their Thirteenth Union, at Chief Logan Conference Center in Logan, West Virginia on June 26 & 27, 2009. This year
they will be working in partnership with Logan County Genealogical Society as well as several other county societies who are making
plans to join us. They are also very happy to be joined this year by the support staff from the West Virginia Division of
Culture and History.
By Wayne Winkler
For more than a century, the Melungeons have been the focus
of anthropologists, social scientists, and (especially) feature writers for
newspapers and magazines. The most common adjective used to describe the
Melungeons is “mysterious;” no one seems to know where the Melungeons
originated. More significantly, the Melungeons did not fit into any of the
racial categories which define an individual or group within American
society, they were considered by their neighbors neither white, black, nor
Indian. .... read more
HUEHUETLAHTOLLI: THE ANCIENT WORD OF [MY] CREATOR COUPLE
BY ROBERTO DR. CINTLI RODRIGUEZ
How many times have I spoken to friends who speak of a massive
hurt that does not go away because of words left unspoken,
because of never having reconciled with ones' parents, because
of never having had that conversation? ....
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►Possible Croatan and Mattamuskeet Descendants
These eighteen European surnames have the strongest connection and identification with the Croatan and Mattamuskeet Indians from Dare, Tyrrell and Hyde Counties
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Brent Kennedy, "Many words -
of which only a few appear below - indicate Turkish or Ottoman
origins. The Ottoman Empire at that time included Turkey, Egypt,
Syria, most of North Africa, and the Balkans - Serbia, Croatia, and
Bosnia. Many of the words are old Ottoman, as opposed to modern
Turkish, adding even more credence to the similarities."....
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melungeon.com is dedicated to bringing you information about the Melungeon Movement. Which
began in 1997 at the First Union in Wise, Virginia when about one thousand people showed up at the College of Wise campus to reclaim their lost heritage. The "Melungeon Movement" is about racial and ethnic harmony. It took its name IN HONOR of the original Melungeons who were ethnically diverse but came together as ONE people to survive and live in peace and harmony. The Movement HONORS these early pioneers and they serve as a model
for ethnic and racial relations.
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Revised
September 07, 2009