i want to know my ethnic background?

Question

my mother is black and cherokee indian and my father is black and indian i dont know which tribe he is from and i also have some white in me so what is my nationality?

Answer 1

you're half black and half indian. make sure you do some research on those tribes, you might get into colleges easier.

Answer 2

Well, your nationality is probably American, as we don't call ourselves United Statesans. Most of us are mixes to a greater or less degree.
Your ethnic background is clearly Native American and Black (or Indian and Negro or ....) Since you do not have a strong connection, apparently, you have not been raised within a certain ethnicity and therefore do not carry forward that tradition and culture. It is certainly not "in your blood."
This gives you the freedom to declare yourself American and glory in the positive aspects of our history and development or to fold yourself into any ethnicity you find attractive. While I was growing up, the Boy Scouts took on the traditions and skills of the Indians and ignored the Cowboys.

Answer 3

Nationality, or what's on a Passport, doesn't necessarily disclose ethnicity. Indians (as from the Indian sub-continent) and Pakistanis living in England are a prime example of the difference between nationality and ethnicity. Their ethnic identity separates them from their neighbors of Anglo-Saxon descent, but they can also claim they are "English".

Similarly, you are first of all an American, although you probably refer to yourself as a double-hyphenated one and check the mixed-race blank on any Federal forms. After talking with your parents and grandparents, you might look to see if your ancestors are registered with any tribe. For example, if your mother's ancestors are recorded on the Dawes List, and you are at least 1/16 Native American, you can receive all kinds of perks through affiliation with the Cherokee tribe.

African Americans are also beginning to trace their roots. The Federal Census goes back to 1790, but it didn't start listing all the names in a family together with their ages and place of origin (for example, Texas or Mississippi) until 1850. This information is available free--of-charge through the US Census Bureau. Of course, you can also subscribe to an on line service, such as Ancestry.com, which is where Al Sharpton learned he is a distant relative of Strom Thurmond.

Answer 4

That's true what the first commenter said about college. If you're going to college, check into financial aid opportunities for someone with native american background.

Your nationality is just American... half black, half native. Good luck finding out your dad's background!

Answer 5

Your nationality is the country of which you are a citizen. Your ethnic or racial background is American Indian and African.

Answer 6

It sounds as if you know a little of your family history but not enough - time to get started writing it down, generation by generation! Learn all you can from your elders of who were their parents and grandparents as far back as anyone recalls. You'll need full names, dates and places of births, marriages and deaths. Get this onto genealogy software and you're ready to dig in to Census images and all the other resources you can find. You can be this generation's family historian.

Answer 7

Your nationality is what ever your passport/ birth cert etc says, it refers to where you were born. i.e. American, Canadian, British, French etc.


Your ethnic origin is defined by you, it is what you say you are. It sounds from your description like you are half native American and half Black African/Caribbean. I'd be inclined to say you have Mixed ethnicity myself.