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No idea about HIS story, but there are Algonquin tribes that are alive and well, so I have an issue with the title. I descend from the Patawomeck tribe (not a member, I'm way too far removed). They are Algonquin, had been part of the Powhattan confederacy.
Appalachian Gumbo. You might like this story. When I was a little girl my father used to tell me I was a direct descendant of a famous Indian Princess, Princess Pushmataha which means Dancing Rabbit.. Every little girl wants to be related to a beautiful princess so I carried this story far and wide and actually for manyyears.
One day my father came home from a golf game and called me down to him.
"A guy on the golf course today was asking me about my Indian heritage and told me his daughter said you told all your friends you were descended from a famous Indian Princess. I've never been so embarrassed in all my life. So you need to get this story straight. First of all there is no royalty in any Indian tribe and second Pushmataha was a word I made up and 3rd Dancing Rabbit was the name of my high school year book in McAlester, Oklahoma and 4th I never dreamed you believed all that malarky I told you."
I was crushed! But when you've grown up being told you were descended from a famous and beautiful Indian Princess it is hard to accept any different way of thinking. So here I sit a proud 68 year old Indian Princess till the end. Thinking about having that engraved on my tombstone.
thank you for sharing your story. That was very sweet.
See this guy, Iron Eyes Cody? He fooled people for years and people believed he was a FBI (fullblooded Indian), he was FBI but fullblooded Italian of the Sicilian kind. He came right out of central casting.
he's was an Indian at heart, they use to use so many fake Indians in the movies
Billy Jack = fake Indian [Tom Laughlin]
Burt Lancaster = fake Indian [Geronimo]
Jeff Chandler = fake indian
Charles Bronson = Chato's Land fake Indian
Robert Blake = fake Indian "Tell them Willie Boy is here"
Sylvester Stallone = fake indian of German & native american decent "Rambo"
Woody Strode = fake Indian [he was a black man that portrayed an Apache Indian]
also all the Indian princess in the movies were always white ladies with brown make up to try and look like an Indian
In "Ishi, the Last Stone Age Man," it states that he died of TB, and that the films made of him making arrows, fires, and other skills were melted in a fire.
Appalachian Gumbo. You might like this story. When I was a little girl my father used to tell me I was a direct descendant of a famous Indian Princess, Princess Pushmataha which means Dancing Rabbit.. Every little girl wants to be related to a beautiful princess so I carried this story far and wide and actually for manyyears.
One day my father came home from a golf game and called me down to him.
"A guy on the golf course today was asking me about my Indian heritage and told me his daughter said you told all your friends you were descended from a famous Indian Princess. I've never been so embarrassed in all my life. So you need to get this story straight. First of all there is no royalty in any Indian tribe and second Pushmataha was a word I made up and 3rd Dancing Rabbit was the name of my high school year book in McAlester, Oklahoma and 4th I never dreamed you believed all that malarky I told you."
I was crushed! But when you've grown up being told you were descended from a famous and beautiful Indian Princess it is hard to accept any different way of thinking. So here I sit a proud 68 year old Indian Princess till the end. Thinking about having that engraved on my tombstone.
This made my day, thank you for sharing this funny story. I emigrated from Europe but must have some perceived Native American features. I have been asked numerous times the membership of my trip. My answer is now Europache.
... and told me his daughter said you told all your friends you were descended from a famous Indian Princess. I've never been so embarrassed in all my life. So you need to get this story straight. First of all there is no royalty in any Indian tribe and second Pushmataha was a word I made up and 3rd Dancing Rabbit was the name of my high school year book in McAlester, Oklahoma and 4th I never dreamed you believed all that malarky I told you."
Pushmataha was the name of a significant pre-Removal Choctaw chief.
The Choctaw agreed to be Removed to what is now Oklahoma by signing the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek.
By the way, Oklahoma is a Choctaw word. It means "Red People" or "Red Nation." It can be nuanced into meaning "Angry People/Nation."
It is true that there was no royalty in any Indian tribe. There are "Princesses" now, at least among the Mississippi, Oklachahta and Oklahoma Choctaw, but they are honorary and short-term titles.
Pushmataha was the name of a significant pre-Removal Choctaw chief.
The Choctaw agreed to be Removed to what is now Oklahoma by signing the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek.
By the way, Oklahoma is a Choctaw word. It means "Red People" or "Red Nation." It can be nuanced into meaning "Angry People/Nation."
It is true that there was no royalty in any Indian tribe. There are "Princesses" now, at least among the Mississippi, Oklachahta and Oklahoma Choctaw, but they are honorary and short-term titles.
Regards,
-- Nighteyes (Mississippi Choctaw)
Thank you so much for this information. I'm proud of my Choctaw heritage and love to get the background on these words. So can I still be an Indian Princess? Please????
I'm sorry; I'm having a lot of trouble with the title of this thread -- The Last American Indian Tribes.
The last time I checked there were 566 current American Indian tribes that are federally-recognized, and many more that are not (yet) recognized. "Last" indeed!!!
I also agree with TXNGL; I know several folks from Algonquin nations who would take extreme issue with the whole "Last Algonquin" thingy. In fact, a surprising number of the previously-mentioned recognized tribes are Algonquin nations, or are descended from/related to one or more Algonquin nations. Examples include Apache, Cheyenne, Arapahoe, Shawnee, Chippewa/Ojibwe/Anishinabe (different names, same people) and others.
There! I feel so much better now!
-- Nighteyes
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thank you for sharing your story. That was very sweet.
