An Oral History with Denys Vasquez-Welch, May 25, 2024

Firekeeper Denys Vasquez-Welch and direct descendant of John Horse and his sister Juana, speaks with SPOHP researchers Donovan Carter, Alexandra Leon, Beckett Price, and Bennett Carroll in Apalachicola, Florida as part of the Celebration and Commemoration of the Negro Fort at Prospect Bluff, and Florida's Emancipation Day.
Produced by the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program University of Florida
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Cat. No.HBB 004 Denys Vasquez-Welch 5-25-2024

[@tigertone1]

people of color has always been here ...I am Chata of the Tuzcaluza Clan and i salute you for standing up for our ancient ancestors

[@sugargordon4127]

Congratulations🎉 I am so pleased to hear you speak and learn more about our family history.

[@tinawatsontarver7316]

Cousin I remember the stories while lying on my mother’s breast. Mainly from the women. That we were never slaves and didn’t understand why they always repeated the narrative. Now I understand the importance and impact!

[@TonyFl23]

We are Seminole Freeman of Florida resistance to enslavement on ancestral homelands in Florida.

[@GenesisZeroTechnology]

100 % as I read the Negro War by Anthony Dixon, I realized that women were never talked about. He referenced that because the Black Seminoles did not write much down that he had to use American, Spanish and British documents for the book. When reading the book often women are referred to as "Black Woman" or "Girl". Clearly the only way for a nation to develop would be if women were directly influential of that nation.

[@mzwright2745]

This was such an amazing and beautiful story. Thanks for sharing and allowing your Guest to tell her families story the way she knows it to be.

[@annettemarie2076]

Great

[@Grimey8lues3x]

So you’re a beautiful Afro indigenous relative 💯

[@michaelm.c.hampton1157]

I'm guessing you're using the word "Afro" as in hair style or texture of hair, because as a "Generational X" born of the 1960s to the mid 70s Afro in our day had nothing to do with Africa it meant wearing our "Natural" hair style called the Fro!
So if you were tryna slip in that Out Of Africa theory stuff, DON'T!

[@Grimey8lues3x]

@@michaelm.c.hampton1157 Afro indigenous is a term us mixed natives use to describe our mixed heritage between both cultures 💯… u could’ve just looked it up before leaving weird comments 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@michaelm.c.hampton1157]

@@Grimey8lues3x since when? Since you've been alive? U Millennials are still learning what I already know. Being indigenous full blooded I had no idea what you "Mixed" ppl call yourselves, but Afro-indigenous is not documented anywhere before you all coined it. My comment wasn't weird you jus sayin something in your defense, Afro-indigenous yeah right. 🤦🏾‍♂

[@Grimey8lues3x]

@@michaelm.c.hampton1157 😂🤣😂 full blooded stop it my guy u African

[@chazg8489]

You sound like one of those weird asians that be hating​@@Grimey8lues3x

[@michaelm.c.hampton1157]

Thank you so much *SPOH111* for this information, I gotta share it for educational purposes only. All credit due you.
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[@damion3889]

Appreciate her speaking the truth cuz a lot of people won’t or are scared, or simply just miseducated and brainwashed. 🪶🩸🪓