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John Hayles Blackfeather Jeffries (1939–2023), born to a Hillsborough family and a 1957 graduate of Orange County's Central High School, played leading roles in the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation's campaign for state recognition and in building the replica Occaneechi Village in Hillsborough. He planned the first powwow on the Eno in 1995.
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1939–2023 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗
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Material gathered by John Hayles Blackfeather Jeffries, 1939 to 2023, on the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation, dated 1950 to 2017, roughly 5,000 items in nine linear feet, collection 5761 in the Southern Historical Collection at UNC. Photographs make up much of it. Topics include Occaneechi and Saponi people, powwows, the Jeffries family, and historic sites in Orange and Alamance counties.
John Bradley's interview with John Blackfeather Jeffries, an elder of the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation, whose tribal grounds lie in northern Orange County near Hillsborough. Occaneechi history and Native history in North Carolina and Virginia, the tribe's older homeland, are its subjects. Published in 2021.
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John Bradley's interview with John Blackfeather Jeffries, an elder of the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation, whose tribal grounds lie in northern Orange County near Hillsborough. Occaneechi history and Native history in North Carolina and Virginia, the tribe's older homeland, are its subjects. Published in 2021.
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