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I'm going to need a good bit of help on this idea, and if the consensus is that its not feasible to do it right, we're certainly going to back off the idea.
In the past, I've seen images of slaves whose facial physical characteristics were quite obviously Native American in part or in whole. I've no idea where or when I saw them, and have no point of reference for such an impression other than my memory of these pictures.
We've got a good friend who is interested in expanding her living history horizons--currently she portrays an Alabamois Creek Indian in the 1750 period, and has done so for nearly 20 years in both first and third person. Her physical appearance is strongly Creek, and weathered brown but not exceptionally dark. In real life she is a taxidermist and hunting guide.
We're interested in looking at two alternatives here, and are certainly open to other suggestions
1. A slave depiction of one who is in slavery due to one parent being slave and the other Indian. In that case we would be dealing with a larger scenario of being either a farming family of modest means, but prosperous enought to own one slave, or of a family business that has hired a slave from the owner.
2. A depiction of those Indians who by accident of geography managed to avoid the Indian removals in Alabama--mostly by living in the deep swamp areas of South Alabama. In that case, we're pretty clueless as to how to integrate her in this character into our various depictions of wartime home manufacturing, other than as "hired help" with no real acknowledgement of her obviously Native features.
Suggestions, comments, points of reference, philosophical discussions and hoots of derision at the very idea are all welcome....... :D
In the past, I've seen images of slaves whose facial physical characteristics were quite obviously Native American in part or in whole. I've no idea where or when I saw them, and have no point of reference for such an impression other than my memory of these pictures.
We've got a good friend who is interested in expanding her living history horizons--currently she portrays an Alabamois Creek Indian in the 1750 period, and has done so for nearly 20 years in both first and third person. Her physical appearance is strongly Creek, and weathered brown but not exceptionally dark. In real life she is a taxidermist and hunting guide.
We're interested in looking at two alternatives here, and are certainly open to other suggestions
1. A slave depiction of one who is in slavery due to one parent being slave and the other Indian. In that case we would be dealing with a larger scenario of being either a farming family of modest means, but prosperous enought to own one slave, or of a family business that has hired a slave from the owner.
2. A depiction of those Indians who by accident of geography managed to avoid the Indian removals in Alabama--mostly by living in the deep swamp areas of South Alabama. In that case, we're pretty clueless as to how to integrate her in this character into our various depictions of wartime home manufacturing, other than as "hired help" with no real acknowledgement of her obviously Native features.
Suggestions, comments, points of reference, philosophical discussions and hoots of derision at the very idea are all welcome....... :D
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