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In this episode:

Gabriel shares his personal experience in exploring his family history and how it shaped his identity. He also talks about the importance of studying history and how addressing the past can be a healing experience. Gabriel shares his intriguing journey of discovering an ancestor in Nova Scotia and the significance of learning more about his family tree.

Listeners will learn how to embrace their unique heritage and appreciate their ancestors' stories that can lead to reconciliation.

Timestamps

[00:01:45] Bi-racial background and ancestral roots explained.

[00:05:27] Importance of elders in shaping identity.

[00:08:59] Jesus template helped see multiethnic saviour.

[00:13:10] Jesus' family tree has crazy characters.

[00:15:48] Forgive others, recognize we need healing.

[00:19:31] Disruption from authentic space for conversation.

[00:21:30] Don't ignore history that still impacts today.

[00:24:28] Address settler mindset, celebrate diverse stories.

[00:32:13] Genealogy is a calling from ancestors.

[00:35:00] Hardship is part of God's plan.

Guest Links

• Black Slavery in the Maritimes: A History in Documents https://tinyurl.com/26kkjaaa
• Blacks on the Border: The Black Refugees in British North America, 1815–1860 https://a.co/d/85mIO1z
• Mom Suse: Matriarch of the Preston area Black Community https://a.co/d/0Yzaa0Q
• The Black Seminole Legacy and North American Politics, 1693-1845 by Bruce Edward Twyman https://a.co/d/5bHTtqL
• The Maroons of Prospect Bluff and Their Quest for Freedom in the Atlantic World" By Nathaniel Millet https://a.co/d/b4Fm4jt
• The Fort at Prospect Bluff: The British Post on the Apalachicola & the Battle of Negro Fort" by Dale Cox https://a.co/d/3WtMW7n
• The Fort at Prospect Bluff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Uq8tl0tZBc
• Rebels and Runaways: Slave Resistance in Nineteenth-Century Florida By Larry E. Rivers https://a.co/d/eIboBO4
• Creeks and Seminoles: The Destruction and Regeneration of the Muscogulge People (Indians of the Southeast) by J. Leitch Wright Jr. https://a.co/d/e4Vf8X0
• Imaginary Margins and Intercultural Identities" https://tinyurl.com/fjc729cz
• Born Again Indian: A Story of Self Discovery of a Red-Black Woman and Her People" https://rb.gy/raz0k
• Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage by William Katz
• Ancestral Indigenous Healing (Decolonizing for Natives and Africans) https://www.facebook.com/groups/1330188930462658
• Second Seminole War as a Florida Negro War https://www.youtube.com/@seminolewarsauthority4403/videos
• The History of Florida | The Seminole War https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVBCCjr-zrw

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