Carolina Quotes
When people ask me if I’m a Native American, I say, ‘No, I’m a First American because I’m a [descendant of the] first people.’
John Blackfeather Jeffries Carolinian
Source
Interview at the dedication of the Occaneechi Replica Village, Hillsborough, North Carolina; News of Orange, December 28, 2016
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- interview
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- Occaneechi Replica Village dedication
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- 2016
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