2006-08-03 06:55:53 · 16 answers · asked by P 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
yes, part comanche indian.
2006-08-03 06:59:30 · answer #1 · answered by digital genius 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was born here. Doesn't that count as being native "American?" Concerning what your question really deals with, why don't we say something along the lines of "orginal residents?" There are two continents in America. And anyone born on them is "native" to them. But then, your talking about the dark-skinned peoples who lived on these conitinents, specifically in the area now known as The United States of America, before anyone else. Well those people are dead and gone, though their descendants still live here, as do many other descendants. The only difference is that the European, African, Asian and Middle Easterners came much later than the Original Residents and the Europeans took their lands away.
I guess this is one thing about this country that confuses almost everyone in foreign countries: our lack of a national identity and our insistence on defiining everyone according to his antecedents and/or race. We have a huge national pride, though misplaced. But we have no national identity. We use "American" as though we are the only residents of these two continents when in fact we are not. Our country is called the United States of America. Doesn't this make us United Statsians?
Think about this before you react. Give it some thought and go out and talk with other "Americans" who came here from other countries to become citizens. Especially, talk with Latin "Americans," there's that word again, "American."
And again, think about it.
2006-08-03 07:14:02 · answer #2 · answered by quietwalker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are no "native Americans" of any description. Demonstrably, all human life can be traced to a single female who lived in Africa a long time ago. Every American is an immigrant or is descended from one.
2006-08-03 06:59:46 · answer #3 · answered by Jack430 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anyone born IN America is a Native OF America by birth, thus they are a Native American. I suspect there are MANY "here" who were born in America.
2006-08-03 07:17:16 · answer #4 · answered by Ole Mossback 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I'm 1/2 Indian. My mom is Pine Hill Indian. Our family is in the process of getting our tribe recognized by the state of South Carolina. Our ancestry traces back to Cherokee and Blackfoot. My generation is the first not to be full Indian. Most of my Mom's generation married out of the tribe.
2006-08-03 07:05:43 · answer #5 · answered by bme79 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I'm 1/4 Cherokee. I'm also 1/4 italian, 1/4 irish, and 1/4 dutch. In otherwords... I"m a mut! lol! But I probably follow my indian heritage more than the others!
2006-08-03 07:01:46 · answer #6 · answered by Autumn_Anne 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mayan Indian
2006-08-03 07:06:38 · answer #7 · answered by Logos24 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was born and raised right here. So were my parents, and their parents.
And since everyone at some time in history migrated to this continent, what you're really asking is whose relatives have lived here the longest. Or you're asking whos great, great, great, great grandparents were oppressed by newcomers.
2006-08-03 07:18:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I am ojibawa. My Grandfather is 100% indian.
2006-08-03 07:01:33 · answer #9 · answered by sarah 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah 1/16 cherokee, have you heard anything of the western cherokee nation and any "funds" supposed to being coming our way, supposedly! need to be recoqnized first, long process!
2006-08-03 07:07:46 · answer #10 · answered by sammyw1024 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep. Part Cherokee on my dad's side, and Italian on my mom's side.
2006-08-03 06:59:44 · answer #11 · answered by Terri A 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋