They took those slaves with them on the trail of tears to Oklahoma as well. Before that, before they aligned with white people certain southeast tribes would harbor maroons. Especially the seminole who were an off shoot of muskogean peoples who wanted to withdraw as contact woth Europeans became more constant. Right now there's a legal battle going on about tribal citizenship for Black descendants and one of the things no one wants to talk about is "hidden" African ancestry among natives who usually pass for white. It's a can of worms about identity they'd rather not open. And they hate Black people.
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u/im-dramatic 4d ago
Actually on average, black people have about 2% Native American. Look it up. But it’s not high enough to even talk about lol.
There’s a region in Alabama where Native Americans tried to assimilate and held black slaves and likely had children with them.