Pee Dee Tribal Member Gets Article Published on Native Ancestry

Marlboro, Chesterfield, Darlington County Pee Dee Indian Tribal -Member Shoshone Peguese-Elmardi gets article published with the The International Society For Genetic Genealogy. Check out her articles on the links.

http://www.isogg.org/newsletter/mar2008.htm

Shoshone's Maternal DNA is one of the oldest Native American Lineages in the Southeast as confirmed through DNA testing. Shoshone's ancestors were some of the last remnant Native American Families left in Anson County, NC, just over the SC border.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jganis/ansonco/OwensDarnettaBennett.html

 She descends from several tribes. She used her research, Family oral history, some genealogical research and DNA testing to help her in preserving and documenting her Native American Heritage.

"I feel that any knowledge of our people would have been lost after my generation had I not made the effort to document and preserve the knowledge of who our people were. There were many smaller tribes in the Carolinas that were almost wiped out....forgotten. I don't mean only physically but on paper as well. That is what we call paper genocide. I want to thank my mother for teaching me and telling me all that we know of who our people were. DNA testing was a great help in confirming that. With the breakthrough in modern technology we are learning new things everyday about ourselves and the past. We cannot correct all that went wrong in long ago, but we can preserve our heritage for future generations to come. One day when my son picks a book, he can read about his Native American ancestors and that yes we are still here. “People of the First Nations."

Bio:

Shoshone has studied Cultural Anthropology and traveled the globe.  She has lived in North Africa and the South Pacific.  She is listed as a consultant with the International Society for Genetic Genealogy. She is the Founder/Moderator of the Native American Lineage Group which is being set up as a non-profit organization to help people of Native American Ancestry trace, document and preserve their Native American heritage through DNA testing and Genealogical research. Beckee Garris (Catawba) is the Cultural Advisor to the group. Shoshone is also a member of the National Museum of the American Indian at the Smithsonian. 

She currently resides in Connecticut with her two sons. Shoshone is the Maker of Shawls and her own Unique Dream Catchers. She loves attending pow wows and other Native American Functions.

 We wish to Thank Shoshone for submitting this article.

MEETINGS:

 April 26, 2008:  Completed

 July 2008:  Council Meeting. Held at the Central Office unless otherwise notified.

 September 2008:  Council Meeting. Held at the Central Office unless otherwise notified.

 November 2008:  Annual Planning Meeting: All Committees, Councils and Chiefs Expected to attend. Location to be announced at the Sept meeting.

GATHERING: