ABSTRACT
The Africans who journeyed to the 'new world' before Columbus recognized their common destiny with the Native people who gave them shelter and a place to rest. White supremacist constructions of history have effectively erased from public collective cultural memory the recognition of solidarity and communion among Native Americans, Africans, and African-Americans. When white armies sought to destroy the Seminole nation they found that blacks and Native Americans were 'identified in interests and feelings', that black leaders mapped out strategies for their red comrades and influenced decision making. Few contemporary black people speak publicly about the need for political solidarity between Native Americans and African Americans that would emerge from an understanding of a shared history and destiny. Even the most progressive scholarship by white people on the subject of blacks and Native Americans usually reflects, to a greater or lesser degree, a white supremacist standpoint. Within white supremacist capitalist patriarchy, forgetfulness is encouraged.
