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LOUSIANA REDBONES
By Don C. Marler
Presented at the First Union, a meeting of Melungeons, at Clinch Valley College in Wise, Va. July 1997. Reprinted by permission.
For new and more complete information on Redbones see Redbones of Louisiana, a book by Don C. Marler.
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It's funny but the term "Redbones" in my Grandmom Pierce's neighborhood in Camden us to mean Black mixed with NDN. Now the young generation there uses it for a light skinned Black and forgot it's original meaning. I had to show this stuff to my cuzzens Tank and Dante to prove it's original meaning.
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Former Chief of the Ramapough, the late Ronald Van Dunk, said his father called him a real "Redbone," meaning "Indian," due to his hunting and trapping skills. That's where he got his name, "Redbone."
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