In my heart over the years, I have grown more to accept the wisdom that it does seem foolish to say I am part this and part that. It is a mindset that we have become accustomed to though....to compartmentalize all our pieces and parts....ignoring the whole of who we are. In my previous way of thinking, I would have most likely introduced myself as that 1/4 Indian and 3/4 Caucasion man. Nowadays, I see myself as a man with Indian and Caucasion heritage OR simply a Caucasian and Indian man...a whole person....who in his heart and mind, tends to walk in both worlds.
So, in saying this, the roll call here acknowledges anyone with American Indian descent.
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Don't know if I count. My great grandmother and her sister, both her parents, and grandparents, cousins, etc were members of the Cherokee nation of Oklahoma (also Cherokee citizens were my great-grandmother's husband and his family who had died before I was born). They were mixed African American and Cherokee and were on the Cherokee freedmen rolls of the Dawes. I miss my great grandmother and her mom, they used to tell me about Oklahoma before it became a state and their ancestors had apparently travelled along with the Native Americans on the traill of tears....They lived in an area that was called Cooweescoowee, now known as Bartlesville, etc....
Wow, I'm so glad this board is here! Ok, I'm about 1/16 (or so) Lenape we think. My mothers family is very scattered and has serious issues with addiction. Needless to say they don't talk to each other and I've never met anyone besides the uncles on my mother's side of the family so we don't know for sure that we are decended from Lenape tribe but are fairly sure.
Don't know if I count. My great grandmother and her sister, both her parents, and grandparents, cousins, etc were members of the Cherokee nation of Oklahoma. They were mixed African American and Cherokee and were on the Cherokee freedmen rolls of the Dawes. I miss my great grandmother and her mom, they used to tell me about Oklahoma before it became a state and their ancestors had apparently travelled along with the Native Americans on the traill of tears....They lived in an area that was called Cooweescoowee, now known as Bartlesville, etc....
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I'm not Native American but I certainly think you count.
My aunt is Cherokee. I've known her all my life because she married my mothers brother before I was born.
I attended a kid's camp at Anadarko, OK, now known as Indian Capital of the Nation, and listened to old ladies when I was a kid in the '50s. My name was Wa Lu Pi.
They taught me a lot. I heard stories about how the medicine women didn't know the plants so couldn't make their remedies.
I'm 1/4 Southern Cheyenne-Arapaho and 1/4 Rosebud Sioux from my mother. I've found similar mixes of families both in Oklahoma and South Dakota. I'm an Okie by birth but a Critical Care travel nurse by choice.
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Paternal great grandfather was 100% Cherokee. I to have been asked by a dentist if i was of Native American descent. The dentist had no prior knowledge.
My NAI ancestory was back in the 1600's. They were the Micmac tribe near Novia Scotia/Port Royal. The French men married Indian wives,(no french women around, I presume) so my great grandma to the 9th or 10th power named "Radegonde", was my first NAI ancestor. I believe several Micmac's migrated to to ports in the US (especially Maine & Louisiana) after the great french deportation. I have no idea what percentage that would make me.
That's fascinating that your dentist could make such a determination based off your teeth!
In case you wanted to know, what he was looking for is called "shovel teeth." Your incisors will tend to be shovel like in appearance, meaning they will kind of dip in from the back.
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The degree of "shoveling" can vary, but it almost always indicates Indian or Asian descent. Not that you have to have this trait to be a descendant. It's just one more way of proving your history. I looked this information up on the web. It was pretty hard to find an actual drawing/picture of what they mean, so I hope this helps someone.
My NAI ancestory was back in the 1600's. They were the Micmac tribe near Novia Scotia/Port Royal. The French men married Indian wives,(no french women around, I presume) so my great grandma to the 9th or 10th power named "Radegonde", was my first NAI ancestor. I believe several Micmac's migrated to to ports in the US (especially Maine & Louisiana) after the great french deportation. I have no idea what percentage that would make me.
Hello Tanzanite,
My identification is the opposite: I consider that my Anishinaabe ancestry goes back until time immemorial yet that my European ancestry came in around the 1500's or so, (that is when the French Canadian joined the mix for me). :)
Glad to be a descendant of the spontaneously created people, fish clan.
Honor the TREATIES.
Gen
p.s. expressing no phenotypical-stereotypical "mythologizing the other" traits either. :)
p.p.s. edited to add, (darn I do have some stereotypical traits but, an expressed allele is just that, it is not a "culture" but an allele, however I do not believe that "validation" is required, nor do I believe in the arbitrary CDIB cards either and am glad to know that some Nations choose to reject that as a requirement for registery). Besides the CDIB is set to do to Native "blood quantum" the same as the DAwes Act did to Native land bases, which is to make them invalid and to eliminate any Fiduciary responsibility...
How do you look up native american ancestry. My mother has always said that there is native american blood on her mothers side, but no one in the family seems to know what tribe, how far back, or anything. I tried to do some searches. All I really know is a name- Thrasher, that was born in Upper tyrone PA. Any idea where I could start?
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How do you look up native american ancestry. My mother has always said that there is native american blood on her mothers side, but no one in the family seems to know what tribe, how far back, or anything. I tried to do some searches. All I really know is a name- Thrasher, that was born in Upper tyrone PA. Any idea where I could start?
You may have to start posting your Thrasher name in some genealogy web sites and/or reading what others have posted regarding the name. By doing this, you may also get some contact names where you can email outreach to in order to get more info, such as a tribal name. Ancestry.com is one. There are others too. Do a Google search on genealogy. I would start there.
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1/8 Black Feet here; ffaternal side.
Thanks for asking...
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