It is known that the historian Webster Talma Crawford believed that the Redbone people had blood in their veins from the Lipan Apache, Choctaw, Coushatta and the Caddo. He also believed they had Mediterranean and Moor ancestry. DNA has shown that the Redbones have all these ethnic ancestries and more. I explain some of the theories in the film as well as visit some of the known Redbone locations.  I went deep into the East Texas Woods, explored cemeteries and other locations of interest, searching directly, for the Redbone ancestors.

My second visit was meeting up with Cyndie Goins and her father, both of them Redbone descendents of William “Bill” Goyens Jr. who was a Native American interpreter and friend of Sam Houston. Goyens was a businessman in Nacogdoches, TX and became wealthy in the early days of the Texas Republic. Cydie tells the story of William Goyens in the film and in the film we visit the burial grounds of William Goyens on Goyens Hill, which is also a Native American and Spanish burial ground . We then go to the marker of William Goyens Jr which is located in Nacogdoches, TX.

The third visit was in Paris, TX where myself, Cyndie Goins and Stacy Webb all were giving presentations on Mestee Maroon communities and families at the East Texas Historical Association Spring Program.

http://www.easttexashistorical.org/v3/events/Spring%202009%20Program.pdf