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Ancient Mounds near Destroyed at Oxford, Alabama

Our return Journey of Appreciation to Experience An Aboriginal Mound Center at Oxford Alabama Territory was a Pyrrhic Victory.

I must start this article with a sincere apology, to our Ancestors, the good People of the Land and our beloved Progeny. On August 15, 2016 after completing a wonderful experience at Moundville, Alabama our research guided our travels to another territory and Aboriginal Honoring Location in Alibamu. We adjusted our plans necessarily in order to document an amazing monument unlike any other we had experienced before. Lillie and I have seen Aboriginal Mound Centers, overlooking waterways along high bluffs in lower elevations, however this one was on a mountain.

During this journey we arrived as the sun was beginning to set and beautiful orange tones started to appear on the horizon and upon the mountains. A multitude of birds gathered in surrounding trees and shrubs by the waterway, chirping boldly collectively. We stared at the precipice of the Ancient Mound atop the mountainous terrain in appreciation and were in awe. There are moments in life that are especially blissful, and this most certainly was one. We were thankful for the good people who thwarted the unlawful destruction of this National Monument when so much had already been destroyed over the decades (reference: “jsu_davis_farm_report_oxford_al.pdf” and many additional news articles on the topic). We also observed and documented, though only briefly, the construction of the sports complex across the street from the Aboriginal Estate and also the “Sam's Club” closer to it (hundreds of artifacts are reported to be recovered from the area). We then continued our Journey of Appreciation towards the Etowah Mound Center which is documented to contain archaeological connections to the outlined area and then the Ocmulgee Mounds.

The Prophet Noble Drew Ali encouraged Moors to be active so indeed our schedule was full. We challenged ourselves to experience, honor and document what we could of our Aboriginal, Allodial Estate to the best of our means. The following is an excerpt of our travel journal for 2016. It is only a portion of what we experienced in the years to follow and the many years previous. It was and is our intention to publish and share our experiences in order to encourage Moorish Americans and others to do the same and more, where ever they domicile.

Journey of Appreciation 2016

JANUARY

1/14-17 “Gainesville” “Museum of FL History; Smathers Library” for research

1/24 “Orange City” -Manatee Festival

FEBRUARY

2/10-15 “Gainesville” “Smathers Library”, research Chalcatzingo; Micanopy

“Tallahassee” “Frenchtown”, “Smokey Hollow”; “Museum of Florida History Walking Tour

“San Luis” Historical Site; Letchworth-Love Mounds, Econofina River

State Park (spent night at motel next to river); followed to Gulf;

2/22-26 “Mexico City” Chalcatzingo; Teotihuacan; Cuicuilco; Cuernavaco; spend nights at

Krystal Grand Hotel; Chalcatzingo tour guide “Jeime”

MARCH

3/6-7 “Tampa/Clearwater” Research Gulf Coast connection; Pick up Jewel and go on

tour With Jewel on the “Sea Screamer”

3/29 “Melbourne Beach” Dine at Cedar’s Restaurant with Chef Toni

APRIL

MAY

5/10-14 “Las Vegas, NV” Sightseeing and research convention center; Visit Grand Canyon

-Guana and Eagle Tours (Helicopter and Boat); Point Hualapai

Hualapai Village “Enriche”

Used Frontier Airlines; stayed at Hilton Grand Hotel

5/17-31 9 “STATES” Researching mound sites and museums. “Jasmine road trip/

11,989 miles/starting FL (“Crystal River State Park” and

ending in “Paducah, Kentucky”

5/17 Crystal River – Crystal River Arch St Park; Rosewood Historic Marker

Cedar Key – “Cedar Key” Shell Mound; Holiday Inn-”Gainesville”

5/18 Tallahassee – “Three Rivers State Park”;

“Marianna, Florida” – “Florida Caverns State Park”;

5/19 Pensacola – Historic Pensacola Village; “Perdido Bay”; Wingate Beach;

LaQuinta Inn

5/20 “Pensacola, Florida” – Met with Ethel Coleman Wingate; Hilton Garden

5/21 “Perdido Bay” Tribe Museum; “Wingate Beach”; “Blair Beach”;

Brownsville; The Gathering Awareness Book Center

(Georgia Smith & husband)

5/22 “Foley” “Cross state line”; Hilton Garden Beachfront – “Orange Beach”

5/23 “Baton Rouge” – Hilton Capitol Center; Mississippi River view

5/24 “Louisiana Art & Science Museum and Planetarium”; “LA State

Capitol”;

5/25 “Louisiana” – LSU” Mounds;

“Natchez” – Grand Village Mounds Site & Museum; Hampton Inn

5/26 “MS” Mound Trail – Foster Mounds; Emerald Mound; Windsor Ruins;

Delhi – Marsden Mounds-Poverty Point Reservoir Park;

Best Western-Dehli Inn

5/27 Dehli, Louisiana – Poverty Point World Heritage Site & Museum;

“Poverty Point” “Reservoir State Park”-Marsden Mounds

5/28 Return to “Marsden” Mound site;

“Lower Jackson” Mound, Transylvania Mounds, “Julice” Mound;

“Arkansas State Welcome Center” Lake Chicot; Arkansas River;

“Gillett, Arkansas” – Arkansas Post National Memorial;

“Stuttgart” – Days Inn Hotel

5/29 “Scott” – Toltec Mounds Archaeological State Park

“Morrillton” – Rock House Cave-Petit Jean State Park

“Russellville” – Hampton Inn

5/30 “Fort Smith” – Visit with relatives

“Festus, Missouri” – Holiday Inn

5/31 Crossing Illinois “State” Line over Mississippi River;

“Collinsville” – Monks Mound and Historic Cahokia Mounds

“Paducah, Kentucky” – signage for Mineral Mound, waterways and Convention Center

Crossing Tennessee “State Line”

JUNE

6/20-23 “Columbus, Ohio” Visit mound sites across the “STATE”. Flight and Enterprise

Car Rental

“Columbus” – Shrum Mound, Alligator Mound

Heath – Newark Earthworks, Great Circle Earthworks,

Octagon Earthworks, Wright Earthworks

“Glenford” – Flint Ridge Ancient Quarries and Nature Preserve/Museum

6/21 “Circleville” – town built on large Hopewell era earthwork

Chillicothe – Great Seal State Park; Mound City; Scioto River Bridge

Portsmouth – “Portsmouth” Mound; Bennett’s Mill Covered Bridge

6/22 Miamisburg – “Miamisburg” Mound

Waynesville – Little Miami Scenic Park

“Oregonia” – “Fort” Ancient Earthworks

“Peebles” – Serpent Mound

6/23 Return flight to “Orlando”

6/25 “Safety Harbor” “Safety Harbor” Mound at “Philippe Park”

“St Petersburg” “Pinellas Point” Mound; “Maximo” Mound

6/26 “St Petersburg” “Jungle Prada” Mound “Park”

Englewood “Indian Mound” Park

6/27 “Osprey” “Spanish Point” Mound

“Pineland” Calusa Heritage Trail-Randall Research Center

“Ft Meyers” “Pompano” Mound House

6/28 “Estero” “Koreshan State Historic Site”

6/29 “Estero” Mound Key (boat only access; hired boad captain)

“Marco Island” Otter Mound; “Marco Key” Mound (“Horr’s ruins”)

“Everglades City” Everglades “National Park”

6/30 “North Miami” Arch Creek “Park”

“Miami” Miami Circle

JULY

7/2 “Pompano Beach” “Pompano Beach Indian” Mound

“Pompano Community” Mounds (research needed)

“Jupiter” “Dubois Indian” Mound Arch Site

Jupiter Inlet Midden I

7/3 “Jensen Beach” “Mount Elizabeth Indian” Mound

“Fort Pierce” “Old Fort Park” Mound

“Avon Park” S “Florida State” College Museum of Art & Culture (research needed)

7/6 Blue Springs Mounds & Waterways/

Blue Springs State Park “Thursby House”

“Deland” “Hontoon Island”

7/7 “New Smyrna” “Sheldon” Mound; Turtle Mound; Pumpkin Point/El Dora Village

Lake Ashby Midden

7/8 “Ponce Inlet” Green Mound

“Ormond Beach” Nocoroco Mound @ Tomoka “State Park”; Ormond Beach Mound

7/9 “Tallahassee” “Black Archives” @ FSU

7/10 “Tallahassee” “Velda” Mound

7/13 “American Beach” Nana Dune (largest dune in The Land of Flowers)

7/14 “Jacksonville” Search for Manhattan Beach (Asiatic Beach-reconstruction era)

Fort Caroline “State Park”

7/16 “Kingsley Plantation” (mound on/near waterway)

7/17 “Bulow Plantation Mound” @ Interpretation Center

7/17 “Port Orange” “Spruce Creek State Park & Preserve” (mound on high bluff)

AUGUST

8/3-5 “Kissimmee” Stay at Embassy Suites-Kissimmee; visit Shingle Creek Park

8/8-11 “Ocali” Hampton Inn; Silver Springs “State” Park; Ocala Natl Forest

“Fort King”

8/11-12 “Gainesville, Florida” Holiday Inn-Gainesville; visit Smathers Library

8/13-23 “Alabama and Georgia” Road Trip to visit Mounds, Waterways, and Legacy sites

8/13 Phenix City, Alabama Hampton Inn

8/14 Pelham Oak Mountain “State Park” and Pauvine Falls

8/15 Moundville Moundville Archaeological Park

Oxford “Oxford” Mound Site; Hilton Garden

8/16 Cartersville, Georgia Etowah Mound Complex; Hilton Garden

8/17 Archer Bartow-Carver Park

Macon Ocmulgee National Park Monument; Hilton Garden

8/18 Macon Ocmulgee Heritage Trail/River; Otis Redding Bridge

Albany Kolomoki Mound Site; Hilton Garden

8/19 Albany Ray Charles Plaza/Riverfront Park; new friend “Michael”

8/20 Blakely Kolomoki Mounds State Park; Little Kolomoki Creek

Omaha Florence Marina State Park-Roods Creek Mounds

Lumpkin Providence State Park

Woodbury Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge/Horace King

Atlanta Hampton Inn

8/21 Atlanta Georgia Tech University; Atlanta African American

Research and Culture Center; Mango Caribbean Restaurant

8/22 Return to “Orlando”

-head to Suwanee River State Park to where meets

Withlacoochee (Aboriginal/Indigenous earthworks)

SEPTEMBER

9/21 “Orlando” Jamal begins water-only Feast

OCTOBER

NOVEMBER

11/1 “Orlando” Jamal ends water-only Feast, lasting 42 days--AMAZING

DECEMBER

12/12-14 “Orlando” Two-Nights at Waldorf Astoria for Lillie’s Solar Return

12/21-24 “Lumberton“ Road Trip with Al Smith to Lumberton, North Carolina

12/22 “Savannah” Spent night in Savannah, then took Day Clean Journey with

Dr Jamal Toure the following day

12/23 “Hallsboro” Al visited with family members; spent night in Lumberton

12/24 “Mt Gillead” Visited Town Creek Mound; PeeDee River; Cheraw

and then returned to Hampton Inn-Lumberton for check-out

Note: It is our aspiration to secure a travel van [Travato 59GL or the equivalent] to increase our research, documentation and publishing while mitigating expenses. We need your help.

Several years have passed since the time we took these journeys and yet the lessons and connections from the experiences and memories continue to inspire. Standing near and on ancient structures is undeniable confirmation of civilization in America, Northwest Africa, prior to colonialism. For the direct descendants of First Nation People, it is vitally important to bring foundational thoughts to the present moment -- for it is a replenishing gift we offer ourselves and our progeny from the inside out whenever we choose. Keener knowledge of self and our vast Estate is the reward.

All is mind; and beneficial impressions are indelibly planted on one's being in the presence of ancient mounds. It is a palpable, tangible experience which helps govern proper thinking. It is crucial to know whose thoughts are you focusing upon. Are they thoughts gifted from your parental energies, left to empower you for the sake of future generations; or disempowering thoughts maliciously imposed to usurp Heritage, leaving one labeled a stateless person at the whim of tyranny.

The disadvantages of allowing inquisitionists to teach the truth about Moorish American Status, Jurisdiction and Pedigree are staggering. Human “trafficking” and the theft and misuse of precious water, minerals and vegetation are just three of the most egregious outcomes as a result of “prideful ignorance”. We have the power to choose our direction of thoughts and actions when functioning from a proper mindset. It is wonderful to witness ancient architectures directly and well worth the efforts and investment of travel. These irreplaceable National Monuments are of everyone's concern whether we are aware of it, or not.

This is why it weighs responsibly on me to inform those who are not informed and those who are already aware, that the Aboriginal Moorish American Mound atop the mountainous terrain at “Oxford Alabama” was destroyed and used as fill material for “private corporate” construction under “colonial powers.” The “horrific” practice of “scalping” Aboriginal, Indigenous Peoples and later pretending to be the victims of such demonic crimes (do the research Moors) was symbolically displayed before my eyes atop the mountainous terrain. It appeared more accurately as a symbolic decapitation. I was myopic in presenting this important information in a timely fashion for the good People of the land and not taking a more active role in preventing this crime. I sincerely apologize and the onus rests on me solely, even with the aggressive schedule presented.

Peace,

Jamal Richardson Bey