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Shoshone-Bannock History in Idaho
PART I OF II: 2008's historic Idaho Democratic Convention, held in Boise, ID, June 12-14, invited Idaho Native American Tribal members from the Shoshone-Bannock/Fort Hall, Shoshone-Paiute/Duck Valley, Nez Perce, and Coeur D'Alene tribal communities to take an active part in the convention activities. On June 12th, the Idaho AFL-CIO hosted a Democratic picnic for convention goers. Mr. Ted Howard, Cultural Resource Director, Duck Valley, spoke to picnic participants about the Shoshone-Paiute-Bannock history in the Boise Valley area. 9:49 minutes.

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People->Black Indian: The Freedmen:John Myers, Creek Lighthorseman

Posted on Tuesday, October 26 @ 23:48:35 CDT

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A significant number of Afro-Americans were sold, escaped or fled from slavery and eventually settled in the West, where they were adopted by Indian tribes and accepted into the tribal structure as equals. Many even assumed roles of leadership. Sugar T. George a.k.a. George Sugar was born in approximately 1827, as a slave in the Muskogee Nation. John Myers served as the personal interpreter to the Creek leader Isparhecher

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John Myers was the son of a white man A.G. Myers and an African Creek woman, Harriett Cosmay who was a Creek Freedwoman.

As a young man, John Myers served as the personal interpreter to the Creek leader Isparhecher, during the time of the Green Peach War. During that time of conflict, Myers accompanied Isparhechar into Comanche country, when he took refuge there. He returned with Isparhechar back to the Creek Nation under escort of U.S. soldiers.

John Myers spent later years as a Creek Lighthorseman, serving 8 years in that capacity. John Myers married Hagar Lewis, also a Creek Freedwoman, and they raised 4 children. His children attended the Tullahasse Mission School for Creek Freedmen.

He spent his remaining years in the Muskogee area.