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Sikander
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Boulder, Colorado, United Snakes of America
Jan 2000
time: 22:32
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Originally posted by Sprayber
Although I may not look it, I have a sinificant about of Native American blood in me. In fact, I have enough to become a member of the Cherokee tribe. I got to thinking about some of the free stuff I should be entitled to. Even though only half of my ancestors were oppressed. And I more closely resemble someone from Ireland than someone from the reservation. Anyway, I think I deserve my portion of the gambling money.
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You are like a lot of people in my family, who are also from Arkansas btw. Some of my cousins lived on a reservation for a while, but most of us pass for white completely. I don't think most of us could get enrolled as members of a tribe even if we pursued it though. Do you know what percentage Indian blood you need in order to become a member?
I personally wouldn't try to take advantage of my heritage in this way, mainly because I am more than half white by blood, and 100% white by culture. I look white enough never to have faced any discrimination due to being Indian, and I don't feel like I need to tap into that oil or gambling money. I think the people who get it now need it more than I do.
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Sikander
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Boulder, Colorado, United Snakes of America
Jan 2000
time: 22:32
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Other more recent studies seem to indicate that the arrival of humans in America came somewhat later than previously indicated. Estimates vary considerably, though your 40,000 year estimate is at the very long end of the spectrum.
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Originally posted by PeteH
Second, if the europeans had come to live alongside the indians, things would have probably adjusted over time. But that was never an option, due to a multitude of factors, but primarily stemming form the fact that the europeans were 'civilized' and therefore not interested in living alongside the 'savages'. It was just a question of how fast could they wipe them out to make use of the space they occupied. |
The only reason that the Cherokee are one of the largest tribes in existence (despite being located right on the doorstep of some of the first colonies) is because they did live along side the White man both early on and more recently. There was very little policy or real effort put into "wiping them out". The worst excesses were mainly from relocating Indians away from areas populated by whites, but aside from Andrew Jackson, Indian policy in the U.S. has been all over the map historically, including some respect and concern for the Indians at least as far back as the Jefferson administration.
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Originally posted by PeteH
So there is a bit of a difference. As to the original post, it is a very personal decision. Personally, however, I would want to find out and become a part of the tribe in the hope of learning some of the things that are going to be lost in a generation or so if things aren't changed, as the last people to have known any Native Americans who lived before the reservations die out without anyone to carry on the stories. To try to just firther expand the conquest by getting on the inside would just make you part of the genocide |
We are already part and parcel of the genocide. I'm related to Andrew Jackson as well as part Cherokee, and I'll bet that Sprayber's family includes both victims and agressors in the Indian wars as well as many others. One thing that I like about our people is that they are warriors on both sides of the family tree.
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