Unnamed

<p><strong>Unnamed: Because They Were Indian</strong> is my devotional offering to the ancestors whose names were erased by ink but remembered by spirit. Through census records oral history and ancestral intuition I trace the lives of Indigenous family members who were misclassified unnamed or reduced to racial codes. They were Cherokee Lumbee Monacan-women who stirred cedar smoke into prayer men who carried tribal memory in their hands children who braided stories into silence.</p><p>This book is not just a record-it's a ritual. A reclamation. A resurrection. I name the ones who were listed only as mulatto free person of color or left blank. I restore their dignity through symbolic naming spiritual reflection and historical context. From the Indian Removal Act to tribal enrollment debates I explore how federal systems obscured Indigenous identity and how ancestral truth still rises.</p><p>Featuring a timeline of erasure and resistance a glossary of racial classifications and research tips for genealogical seekers <em>Unnamed: Because They Were Indian</em> is both a legacy memoir and a guide for those who carry unnamed ancestors in their bones. Every page is a drumbeat. Every silence is now a song.</p><p>This book is their name now. This breath is their blessing. This story is their return.</p>