WHAT DO NATIVE AMERICANS THINK ABOUT FBAs SAYING THAT THEY'RE INDIGENOUS TO AMERICA?
Native Americans generally reject and criticize claims by fringe Foundational Black American (FBA) groups asserting they are the "original" or "true" indigenous people of the Americas.
Tribal members and commentators view these assertions as historical revisionism that erases actual tribal sovereignty, ancestral heritage, and distinct indigenous identities. Source
Perspectives from Native Communities Erasure of Heritage:
Native people point out that claiming Black Americans are the original inhabitants dismisses centuries of documented tribal history, specific languages, cultures, and continuous political ties to the land.
Separation of Struggles: While many Native Americans and Black Americans share strong bonds through mutual histories of resisting colonization, Jim Crow, and oppression, tribal advocates stress that indigenous status requires explicit ancestral and political connection to a sovereign tribal nation. Source
Misinformation and Conspiracies: Indigenous commentators often group these fringe FBA origin claims with pseudohistorical narratives (similar to certain Hebrew Israelite theories), noting they rely on debunked visual myths about skin color rather than historical facts or genetics.
