Author Archives: Roberta Estes

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About Roberta Estes

Scientist, author, genetic genealogist. Documenting Native Heritage through contemporaneous records and DNA.

Does CRO = Chowan?

I originally wrote this article for the Lost Colony Research Group Newsletter, published in June, 2012.  http://www.lostcolonyresearch.org A few months ago, Fletcher Freeman, one of our members, e-mailed me and asked me a simple question, which, as simple questions often … Continue reading

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Lenny Trujillo: The Journey of You

In the fall of 2010, Lenny Trujillo embarked on a journey unaware that he was going anyplace.  That was the journey to discover himself, his ancestry….and what a journey it has been.  Lenny was unique, very unique. After Lenny’s results … Continue reading

Posted in DNA, Genizaro, History, Pueblo | 4 Comments

The 1637 Pequot War

One of the great things about blogging is that you get the opportunity to learn.  One of our subscribers, Steve, send me a note and said that he considered King Philip’s War to be the final war, not the first … Continue reading

Posted in Algonquian, Bermuda, Mohegan, Narragansett, Niantic, Pequot, Wampanoag, West Indies | Leave a comment

Germain Doucet and Haplogroup C3b

I love a good mystery, don’t you?  Well, the Doucet family has one and it’s a doosey. Marie Rundquist, the founder and administrator of the Amerindian Ancestry Out of Acadia project at Family Tree DNA has recently written a new paper about … Continue reading

Posted in Acadian, Micmac | 22 Comments

The USS Arikara Crew Meets the Arikara Nation in North Dakota

A connection between crewmembers on a small United States Navy ship and a Native American tribe in North Dakota is now forever tied. On June 20, 2012, eight Vietnam War Navy veterans who served aboard the USS Arikara were in White … Continue reading

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Meeting with King Hagler and the Catawba Nation – 1756

Colonial and State Records of NC – Report by Peter Henley concerning his conference with King Hagler and the Catawba Nation – Henley, Peter, 1725-1758 May 26, 1756 – May 28, 1756 Volume 05, Pages 579-584 [B. P. R. O. North … Continue reading

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Robeson County, NC 1840 Petition Regarding “Free Colored”

Hat tip to Phyllis for this important document.  Thank you so much.  I had heard rumors of this document for years, but was never able to nail down a source, until now. The people of Robeson County, North Carolina petitioned … Continue reading

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Harvard University’s Indian College

In 1665, Caleb Cheeshahteaumuck became the first Native American to graduate from Harvard University. Cheeshahteaumuck, of the Wampanoag tribe, came from Martha’s Vineyard and attended a preparatory school in Roxbury. At Harvard, he lived and studied in the Indian College, … Continue reading

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The Wampanoag

Recently, a subscriber sent me this wonderful excerpt.  I’ve published it below, intact, but then it made me wonder what more we know about these people being described. TRADITIONS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS: BY JAMES ATHEARN JONES. IN THREE … Continue reading

Posted in Aquinnah, Mashpee, Patuxet, Pokanoket, Wampanoag, West Indies | 1 Comment

King Philip’s War

King Philip’s War was sometimes called the First Indian War, Metacom’s War, or Metacom’s Rebellion and was an armed conflict between Native American inhabitants of present-day southern New England, English colonists and their Native American allies in 1675–76. The war is named after … Continue reading

Posted in Bermuda, Mohegan, Narragansett, Nipmuck, Pequot, Podunk, Pokanoket, Wampanoag | 3 Comments