Western epistemologies on race defined blackness and indigeneity through scales of poverty, or more precisely, in frameworks privileging economic deprivation. Indigenous fishing communities are typically constructed as subsistence fishers whose practices only served to exacerbate resource scarcity as a result. I present a case study of the Gullah Geechee, self-defined as culturally indigenous and racially black, to explore how consciousness, indigenous knowledge, and cultural practices allow access to resources that enable them to achieve a level of autonomy. I draw on the livelihoods of three fishers, ranging from familial to commercial, to examine how the power of giving, through the cultural practices of reciprocity, sharing, and cooperation, yield abundances vital to building a sense of community. I suggest that indigenous ontologies offer alternate ways to conceptualize indigeneity in the Americas.

西方关于种族的认识论通过贫困的规模，或更确切地说，在赋予经济贫困的框架内，定义了黑人和土著。土著捕鱼社区通常被构造为自给型渔民，其做法只会加剧资源短缺。我将介绍一个自定义为文化土著和种族黑人的古拉·盖奇（Gullah Geechee）的案例研究，以探讨意识，土著知识和文化习俗如何使人们能够获取使他们实现一定程度的自治的资源。我借鉴了从家庭到商业的三位渔民的生计，研究了通过互惠，共享和合作的文化习俗，给予的力量如何产生对建立社区意识至关重要的丰富资源。