why can't people understand that since I was born in the USA that I am native American? to complex for some?

Question

That's right , BORN IN THE USA = NATIVE AMERICAN, is this truth to hard for public schools to understand or what?

Answer 1

You sound logical and intelligent. You must be a bigoted racist, white supremecist, christian right rich white guy, right? oh, I left out intolerant.

Answer 2

Native American meansn you are an American Indian, it doesn't mean that you were born in America.

Incidently, why did you chose to be a Muslim when your teachings go against everything that is AMERICAN?
Sure, there is freedom of religion here in the USA, but why pick a religion that is so despised by Americans ever since the Muslims attacked the World Trade Centers on 9/11?

Have you no shame?

This answer is NOT abuse, just simple, cold hard facts, get use to it, your living in my country, dude!

Answer 3

Do a little more research before you pull out the politically correct card. A native american is not the same as a natural born American.

Answer 4

I am S'Klallam/Chippewa-Cree.

Known as "Native American" on paperwork or to people in passing who have the nerve to inquire about my race, while all the while poking at me in disbelief that an actual "Indian" is standing right in front of them.

"Native American" is a tag that the government pasted on our foreheads without even asking what we thought about it.

It's the whites way of trying to be more PC, since more people are coming to the realization that the arrival of Chris Columbus actually was the beginning of an attempted genocide.

I prefer to be called "Chevonne", my first name...but if someone wants to know my race, I prefer to be known as S'Klallam/Chippewa-Cree.

Of course they generally do not have the option to check the "S'Klallam/Chippewa-Cree" box on paperwork, so I will check the "Native American" box...since that's the misnomer that has burdened hundreds of tribes since the PC explosion...

Its your government dude that named us "Native American"...if you want to take it away, we're used to it. I'm actually surprised we've had something this long that was given to us by the government!

I doubt too many Natives would protest if you petitioned to be called "Native American". More power to ya, I honestly could not care less.

Answer 5

Native Americans are people who lived in the Americas for years before the Europeans 'stumbled' upon them. So most people from the U.S. nowadays are basically Europeans and they are originally from Europe. Being being somewhere doesn't mean you're native there.

Answer 6

You are certainly not NATIVE,

you are an American of mixed European decent.
which European / African / Asian / Hispanic depends which part of the world your refugee anchestors left for a better life in the Americas.

A Native born American is a proud member of the tribal peoples of the USA whose ancestors lived there before the contamination from outside the USA.

Answer 7

sounds right to me dude
i was born in Aussie so im a Aussie

Answer 8

&*^% LIBERALS!