BLACK VOICE NEWS — The Black Voice News spoke to Kyle Mays, Assistant Professor of African American Studies, American Indian Studies, and History at UCLA  about the experience of being both Black and Indigenous. According to Mays, there are numerous tribes but recognition has been an issue.  Many are not recognized by either the state, at the national level or by local governments. When discussing the Afro Indigenous there are no organizations which keep track of the numbers. “I don’t think there’s an answer to that,” he stated “I don’t even know if there’s any census data whether by the tribes or the U.S.  government that specifically counts Afro Indigenous peoples and I’m unaware of any numbers which specifically highlight people who identify as Afro Indigenous.”

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