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My G-grandmother was from Chihuahua, Mexico and of course, we considered ourselves to be part Mexican. We recently discovered she was actually an Apache and some family members are enrolling in her tribe. I bet there are a lot of people throughout the Southwest with similar situations.
My paternal g/mother was 1/4 Native American but I have forgot from which tribe. All I remember is that it was one of the Ohio tribes. She was born in 1885 and died in 1974. I was 27 when we lost her so I remember her well. I spent a lot of time with her. In fact, every chance I got. One of my favorite people on earth. I loved that lady.
I was not born in this country, but my daughter was. Her grandmother was 50% native american...however she was given up for adoption as a baby and we have no way of tracing it unfortunately...though my daughter very much wants to.
Probably a high percent along and west of the Appalachians but very little along the East Coast. Also more further South, since the Cherokees frequently married Whites but the Northern tribes rarely did.
I'm 1/64th Cherokee myself. Half of Eastern Kentucky's "Maggard's" also have Cherokee blood. (2 Maggard brothers came to KY, one married an Indian, the other (one of my ancestors) didn't)
A good estimate, but I've met a number of white people from the eastern seaboard who had significant indigenous ancestry. Many from Tidewater Virginia (it's been going on there since the early 1600s,) the flatter parts of Maryland, a guy from the Hudson Valley of NY who was part Mohawk, and alluding to what you said, other parts of the Southeastern Seaboard.
It seems rarest in large areas of the western USA excluding places such as Oklahoma of course. This is especially seems to be the case in areas overwhelmingly settled by late 19th/early 20th century European immigrants (who were recruited by the US government to "replace" the indigenous populations in those regions) as well as many born back east who held much animosity toward those indigenous peoples. The mormon region is a perfect example of this (white people having lots of kids with other white people, generation after generation.)
This anti-indigenous sentiment also runs high in large areas of western Canada adjacent to similar areas of the USA.
My great great grand dad came from Ireland in the mid 1800s as a legal immigrate. He along with thousands of others settled in NC where they often married native american women. My great grand mother was almost full bloodied native american. There were many tribes in NC but most died out. I dont know the tribe she came from.
I always wonder where that came from. Seems like a weird "trend" in genealogy.
I don't know where it came from, this was back around 1970. I had just moved to Virginia and didn't know anything about it until I got there. It always sounded strange to me.
Funny, when there were no Cherokee "princesses"! Chief's daughters, no doubt of that - but traditionally, Cherokees had a matrilinial (sp?) society, with seven clans whose membership ran through the maternal line.
Of course, this being Virginia, it's quite possible your childhood friends were descendants of Pocahontas, who married John Rolfe and was viewed as an "Indian princess" when she was presented at court in London. She was not Cherokee, however. Pocahontas had only one son, and died at a sadly young age while in England, but she has many descendants.
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