Seriously any time someone brings up american idians on yahoo all these white people start chimming in claiming to be part this that and the other. Come on there is no way all these white people are part indian, so why do they lie?
2006-07-25 07:53:01 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
You're right they claim to be Cherokee. Didnt we kill all the Cherokee? How can so many people be half of something that no longer exist?
2006-07-25 07:58:53 · update #1
Plain and simple. They say they are part Indian because they feel guilty that it was the white race that wiped them out. The Jews may have lost a staggering number to the Nazi's, but the Indians are almost extinct because of the white man. I hang my head in shame to be part of the massacre. I'm extremely lucky that my other half is a true half breed. True Indians are proud of who they are, they deserve respect for that and a hell of a lot better conditions than what they are given. Have you been to a reservation recently? They deserve much more than a tin shack and a museum for what they used to be, not what they are.
2006-07-25 08:07:28 · answer #1 · answered by pagudus6669 2 · 10⤊ 5⤋
Well, most learn about their Native American heritage from their parents or grandparents, so they believe it to be true (even if it turns out to be family lore, how does one know?) Also, lots of people DO have native American blood in them because there was a lot of intermarriages/interbirths between "white" and "native" peoples. Also, there was a time when a lot of natives wanted to pass themselves off as white, even when they weren't. Plus, the populations of natives were huge and they were in close proximity to other people, thus cross-births would be common. So, a lot of "white" people actually DO have native American blood. (According to my parents, I am supposedly both Creek and Cherokee, while my husband is Lipan Apache and Tonkawan, but neither claim this as the majority of our background, even though it probably is for him. We both look "white" but I have not a drop of English in me, closest to Polish and that's really removed by several generations). Hope that helps answer your question.
2006-07-25 08:07:21 · answer #2 · answered by Curelover 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-15 04:57:34 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol, I'm actually part cherokee (from my great grandmother on my father's side)
Chances are, people who are not part Indian would completely ignore your question since it has nothing to do with them. Those who are part indian, such as me, would see your question and click it out of interest because it relates to them. That is why.
2006-07-25 07:57:48 · answer #4 · answered by eric 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ancestors, in my case; and the people they loved and we honored.
My grandmother was a beautiful, spiritual being, and I believe if anyone attained heaven; it was she.
All have passed on of her generation, excepting one Great Aunt. We here are poorer for the loss.
I will always miss her.
2006-07-25 08:17:43 · answer #5 · answered by jfmm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do the people who chime in represent every white American?
2006-07-25 07:57:41 · answer #6 · answered by DannyK 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah i've heard that too.. well, i guess like Spaniards in mexico who mixed with the natives, some whites also mixed with the natives. But i doubt many of them are that mixed.. they just lie cause they want to sound like they are sensitive to people of other races.. they don't want to sound racist because they know many white people have been racist
2006-07-25 07:57:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am 1/64th Native American and I don't claim by any means to be Indian, I'm mostly Scotch-Irish, but I'm probably more proud of that 1/64th the most of the rest.
2006-07-25 07:56:57 · answer #8 · answered by christina_m_taft 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
maybe because they are of mixed blood, as in parents of american and indian parentage...etc...
they are a lot of people that looked like this one race but turns out to be mixed of 2 races...
which makes them unique.
it would be possible that i'd be having half asian & half caucasian kids in the future...if all goes well :)
2006-07-25 07:58:09 · answer #9 · answered by ashchicka2006 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The official rule is that when your are 1/8th Native American you are counted as such and that is a lot of people.
2006-07-25 08:00:37 · answer #10 · answered by Hi y´all ! 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋