Native Americans as a Distinct Racial Group and the Yesah within this Race

There is lots of confusion today regarding who is Native and who is not. Why is this? It is because of white supremacy manipulation. Since white supremacists seek to continue in possession of our Native land in perpetuity, they have created systems designed to do this by keeping the Native population artificially low and thus powerless. These systems do several things simultaneously:

  • Through force, violence, and terrorism they laid a foundation of claiming anything other than Native. If you were Native, you were killed. So there was family safety in claiming or becoming something else. One way was by mixing with another race such as Black or White where you could claim to be another race.

  • White supremacists established a small minority of Natives as the officially recognized Natives and gave them a pot of money. These Natives recognized by white supremacists were given some level of control over what other Natives were recognized. With the scarcity-based monetary system brought to our land by white people, naturally the “recognized Natives” are not going to want to share their scarce resource “money” and will naturally resist recognizing other Natives.

  • Because of the one-drop rule, first in VA and then the rest of the USA, there were two races—Colored and White. In the 1920 census, 95% of the people in the Greentown community were classified as Mulatto. With the one-drop rule there were two racial categories, White and Colored. In Virginia the Mulatto classification was used to classify Natives and mixed Natives. In the 1960s the term Colored became an insult as Colored people claimed the term Black.

  • Because of the white supremacist Walter Plecker, in the 1930 census the same people in Greentown who had been classified as Mulatto in the 1920 census were classified as Black in the 1930 census. Since 1492, due to the violent terrorism of white supremacists, the norm on the continent became to do what the white supremacists wanted. If they wanted us Natives to call ourselves Hispanic or Latino, we did. If they wanted us to call ourselves Colored, we did. If they wanted us to call ourselves Black, we did. And where the eyes go, the body will follow. Many of these previous Native communities, with hundreds of years of marrying Native and others that looked like themselves, within a couple of generations, 90% of the families had married Black people and were for all intents and purposes Black.

  • Even liberation activities such as the 1960 Black Empowerment movement caused many Yesah Native families to become as Black as possible and go extinct. All of a sudden it was cool to be Black. Families who had for all intents and purposes been Native since the Saponi Reservation went out and found the most African-looking person they could find and married and had African-looking children. Many were teased in school about their race because they did not look Black, and they could not claim Native, where predisposition was for their children not to go through the same trauma.

  • Many Southern Natives, such as in Mexico, erroneously think that if one has moved to a city or no longer is connected to an identified Native tribe, then one is no longer Native. As explained below, this is pure foolishness because one’s race has nothing to do with one’s social behavior. Race is a measurable biological thing where it can be measured. These people began referring to this as Indigeneity. Like their Northern counterparts, the federally recognized tribes in the USA, they have become the gatekeepers, supporting white supremacy and white possession of Native land by helping to keep the Native population artificially low via identity genocide.

No matter how many people and systems are created to hide the population of Natives in the America Native DNA is a real thing.  And either a person or family has significant Native DNA or the don't.  And though this DNA may or may not be reflected in a single person's DNA if a family has significant Native DNA is will definitely show in the majority of family member phenotypes.

The key to determining who is Native and who is not is largely a matter of common sense. As dinosaurs evolved into birds at some point they could no longer reasonably be classified as dinosaurs. Likewise, if a poodle is bred with a German shepherd, the first generation of puppies may still reasonably be described a strong claim to being poodles.

The key to who is Native and who is not is really a common sense thing.  As dinosaurs evolved from dinosaurs to birds at some point they ceased to be dinosaurs and could only reasonably be classified as birds. Likewise mixing a poodle and a german shepard and having mixed puppies.  The first generation of puppies have a strong claim being labelled as a Poodle.  

However, if the offspring of each litter are repeatedly bred with German shepherds generation after generation—for five, ten, or even twenty generations—then calling the later generations “poodles” becomes wishful thinking rather than reality. In the same way, as a Native population mixes with either Black or White people over many generations, there comes a point at which, for all intents and purposes, individuals can no longer reasonably be classified as Native.  The exact point at which this happen is somewhat subjective.       

Native Americans as a Distinct Indigenous Population Group: Scientific and Anthropological Basis

Native Americans—also called Indigenous peoples of the Americas—constitute a genetically and anthropologically distinct population group, comparable in scientific classification to other continental-level ancestral populations such as East Asians, Europeans (Caucasoids), and Sub-Saharan Africans.

1. Population Genetics

Modern genomic studies show that Native Americans form one of the world’s major genetic lineages. Key findings include:

  • The Native American population has been genetically isolated for thousands of years, causing their own unique allele frequencies, haplogroups, and inherited traits.
  • Reich et al. (2012), Harvard Medical School: Identified distinct Native American genetic clusters separate from Europeans, Africans, and East Asians.
  • Skoglund & Reich (2016), Science: Showed Native American populations form a unique branch on global human phylogenetic trees.
  • Major mitochondrial DNA haplogroups among Native Americans include A2, B2, C1, D1, and X2a, which are strongly associated with Indigenous ancestry.
  • Y-chromosome lineages such as Q-M3 and C-P39 are also characteristic of Indigenous peoples of the Americas.

This long period of genetic isolation is what makes Native Americans a scientifically distinct population group, just like Africans, Europeans, and Asians.  These are rare outside Indigenous populations and signify a deep period of genetic isolation.

Native Americans—Indigenous peoples of North, Central, and South America—constitute a genetically, historically, and anthropologically distinct population group, comparable to other ancestral continental populations such as Africans, Europeans, and Asians. Their distinctiveness is supported by extensive research across population genetics, archaeology, physical anthropology, and linguistics.

2. Physical Anthropology & Phenotype

Anthropologists identify several population-level traits shared broadly among Indigenous peoples, shaped by both ancestry and environmental adaptation.

Examples:

  • Craniofacial patterns consistent with ancient Northeast Asian ancestry (Neves & Hubbe, PNAS, 2005)
  • High prevalence of shovel-shaped incisors (Turner II, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 1990)
  • Distinct pigmentation profiles varying by region
  • Hair morphology very long, black, straight and coarse (with a very round shaft), associated with the EDAR V370A allele (Kamberov et al., Cell, 2013).  This gene variant common among Indigenous peoples. 

  • Many pre-1492 Natives exhibit stereotypically what is called the aquiline nose is characterized by a prominent bridge that gives the nose a slightly curved, hooked appearance. The term “aquiline” means “eagle-like,” referencing the curved beak of an eagle. This robust and angular shape typically slopes downward and can vary in degree from mildly noticeable to more pronounced curves in some Native Americans.
  • The nose shape described is an aquiline nose, which means “eagle-like,” has been a persistent stereotypical depiction of Native Americans in popular culture and art. The aquiline (or "eagle-like," " "hawk") nose, characterized by a prominent bridge, a slight curve or hump, hooked appearance, referencing the curved beak of an eagle and a downward-pointing tip, with flaring nostrils became a standard feature of the "noble warrior" Native American archetype. This robust and angular shape typically slopes downward and can vary in degree from mildly noticeable to more pronounced curves

These traits are common enough that Indigenous peoples are recognized as a distinct morphological population, similar in academic categorization to Europeans, East Asians, and Africans.

3. Linguistic Diversity

Before European contact, the Americas contained over 300 language families, many unrelated to languages in Eurasia, illustrating a long period of independent cultural and linguistic evolution.

Sources:

  • Campbell, American Indian Languages: The Historical Linguistics of Native America
  • Mithun, The Languages of Native North America

4. Archaeology & Independent Civilizational Development

Archaeology reinforces Indigenous distinctiveness:

  • North American sites like Buttermilk Creek (Texas) and Paisley Caves (Oregon) date ~15,000 years.
  • South American site Monte Verde dates ~14,500 years.
  • Civilizations such as the Inca, Maya, Olmec, Mississippian, and Cahokia developed independently of Eurasian civilizations.

This long timeline confirms Indigenous Americans as a major global civilization group—distinct, ancient, and internally diverse.

To take it a step further some scientists' agree with the Native science and present the case that the American Indian has always been on the landmass of America as stated here.

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THE SAPONI (YESAH) WITHIN THIS SCIENTIFIC CONTEXT

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The Saponi are an Eastern Siouan-speaking Indigenous group originally located in what is now Virginia and North Carolina, especially the region around modern-day Brunswick County, Mecklenburg County, Halifax County, and surrounding territories.

They share the same broad ancestral population as other Native American groups but developed their own distinct genetic, cultural, and linguistic characteristics over thousands of years.

1. Population Genetics & Ancestry of Eastern Siouan Peoples

While few Saponi-specific genetic studies exist (due to historical fragmentation and displacement), they fall within the wider Indigenous genetic clusters of:

  • Eastern Woodlands Natives
  • Eastern Siouan-speaking tribes (e.g., Tutelo, Occoneechee, Monacan)

These tribes share ancestry with:

  • Ancient Siouan-speaking peoples from the Ohio Valley and eastern U.S.
  • Genetic signatures characteristic of Indigenous North American populations (via haplogroups Q-M3 and mtDNA lineages A, B, C, D)

The Saponi’s ancestry reflects:

  • Ancient North American lineages
  • Regional Eastern Woodlands genetic continuity
  • Cultural links to the Mississippian and pre-Mississippian cultural spheres

2. Anthropology of the Saponi

Historical anthropological work (Mooney, 1894; Hale, 1883; modern reconstructions by scholars on Siouan migrations) identifies several traits common among Eastern Siouan peoples:

  • Strong Indigenous phenotype consistent with Eastern Woodlands populations
  • Distinctive cultural traditions related to kinship, herbal medicine, and communal governance
  • Mobility patterns connected to trade routes between Virginia, the Carolinas, and the Ohio River Valley

Saponi reference to “strong Native American phenotype” aligns with established anthropological patterns seen among Eastern Siouan descendants.

3. Archaeology & Historical Documentation

The Saponi appear in multiple colonial-era records:

  • The Saponi Reservation and Fort Christanna (1714–1717), established specifically for Saponi and allied Yesah tribes
  • John Lawson’s ethnographic accounts (1709) of the region
  • Records of Saponi migration through Virginia, the Carolinas, and into New York and Canada alongside the Tutelo

This documentation establishes the Saponi as a distinct, continuous Indigenous community with deep ties to the region.

4. Linguistic Classification

The Saponi language belonged to the Eastern Siouan (Catawban–Tutelo) branch, distinct from:

  • Algonquian languages north and east
  • Iroquoian languages to the north
  • Muskogean languages to the south

This unique linguistic heritage reinforces their standing as a separate Indigenous people, not a subgroup of neighboring tribes.

Sources:

  • Hale (1883), Tutelo and Saponi linguistics
  • Mithun (2002), The Languages of Native North America

5. Saponi Identity in Modern Scientific Context

Today, descendants—including families from the Greentown/Saponi Reservation area in Brunswick County, Virginia—preserve:

  • Distinct phenotype
  • Distinct cultural traditions
  • Documented ancestry
  • Community continuity traceable to the historic Saponi settlements

This places the Saponi firmly within the scientifically recognized framework of Indigenous American population groups, with both regional uniqueness and deep ancestral roots.