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kwassa

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41. Racism in claiming Indian heritage.

Mon Jun 27, 2016, 10:10 PM

Jun 2016

Modern day twists and turns. True story.

I was in a class with a woman who was terribly proud of her Osage ancestry. To me, she appeared to be Scandinavian, with blond hair down to her waist. She talked about her Indian roots repeatedly.

Just to be conversational, I talked about my wife's Indian heritage, which while visually obvious, had no documentation specifically. The problem was, my wife was also black. The Indian population of the Tidewater area of Virginia and Maryland was absorbed into the black population. Her grandfather looked like a slightly black Indian. Probably Nanticoke, the regional tribe.

My Scandinavian Indian classmate took great offense at being compared to a black Indian woman, and avoided me for the remainder of the semester.

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Help with some math please. Indian Heritage [View all] trumad Jun 2016 OP

A quarter. What am I missing? Squinch Jun 2016 #1

25%. Nye Bevan Jun 2016 #2

Yeah---but she (my Mother) married a non-Indian. trumad Jun 2016 #3

1/16 leftofcool Jun 2016 #6

No documents. trumad Jun 2016 #11

How are you arriving at that number? Donald Ian Rankin Jun 2016 #19

1/2 of 1/2 = 1/4 Orangepeel Jun 2016 #16

Mom is 50% Apache and 50% Irish TexasProgresive Jun 2016 #18

Doesn't matter. trof Jun 2016 #30

One grandparent = one quarter. immoderate Jun 2016 #4

But my Dad was not Indian... trumad Jun 2016 #7

No, it can only increase it if he were part Native American Major Nikon Jun 2016 #17

he did dilute the percentage: to 25% Takket Jun 2016 #23

and one white parent =1/16 leftofcool Jun 2016 #8

I thought so. trumad Jun 2016 #10

Your mother was half. You're half of that -- a quarter. immoderate Jun 2016 #15

How do you work that out? TexasProgresive Jun 2016 #21

For tribal recognition it will not be called 1/4 leftofcool Jun 2016 #28

How in the world does the white father SheilaT Jun 2016 #31

Small point -- yellerpup Jun 2016 #35

trumad, to establish evidence of your claim saidsimplesimon Jun 2016 #5

Will a DNA tell me the percentage? trumad Jun 2016 #9

Yes saidsimplesimon Jun 2016 #13

it will show the percentage of native american but not the tribe, native american covers south Demonaut Jun 2016 #32

try the ancestry dna test, it will give you a map of the densities of your dna profile Demonaut Jun 2016 #34

My mother told me that one of her grand parents was part ... JoePhilly Jun 2016 #12

"Eight Greats" back, I have a Native American ancestor. annabanana Jun 2016 #26

That's neat. JoePhilly Jun 2016 #27

25% or 0% depending on how you see it Bad Thoughts Jun 2016 #14

Not really looking for Benefits. trumad Jun 2016 #22

Do the DNA test. I did. Bad Thoughts Jun 2016 #24

No. It is easy SharonClark Jun 2016 #25

Tribal recognition does not use simple math. leftofcool Jun 2016 #29

But Trumad asked a simple math question Mariana Jun 2016 #38

Growing up in the '50s and '60s... pinboy3niner Jun 2016 #20

Very, very politically incorrect 1939 Jun 2016 #36

I still remember my older brother having the 45rpm record of 'Mr. Custer' pinboy3niner Jun 2016 #37

Happy Trails to You. kwassa Jun 2016 #40

I am 3/8 Native American lapfog_1 Jun 2016 #33

Hey Brother.. denbot Jun 2016 #39

Racism in claiming Indian heritage. kwassa Jun 2016 #41

while her taking offense maker her look bad DonCoquixote Sep 2016 #42