Melungeon
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
One of a mixed white and Indian people living in parts of Tennessee and the Carolinas They are descendants of early intermixtures of white settlers with natives In North Carolina the Croatan Indians regarded as descended from Raleighs lost colony of Croatan formerly classed with negroes are now legally recognized as distinct
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