News, Hispanics now outnumber Native Americans in Okla.

[JazzyTallGuy]

Originally Posted by Savoir Faire

I thought most of the Native Americans were long gone? I don't remember the last time I've met a Native American family.

You need to get out a lot more!

[Strel]

Originally Posted by John1960

OKLAHOMA CITY -A state that has been considered the heart of the nation's Indian Country since the Trail of Tears nearly two centuries ago now has more residents who identify themselves as Hispanic than Native American, according to figures released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Hispanics now outnumber Native Americans in Okla.

Good.

Hopefully they will outnumber wacko fundamentalists soon too.

And let's not forget, lots of ethnic Mexicans were left on our side of the border after the war and other events.

I call them "Americans."

[Waianaegirl]

They wiil out number Americans....

[Strel]

Originally Posted by Waianaegirl

They wiil out number Americans....

If they were here 300 years ago, as my Mexican-American friends were, then they are more American than most of the people that complain about them.

For reasons I still don't understand...