What Does A Native American Look Like?

[prospectheightsresident]

Originally Posted by Motion

Did you ever hear anyone explain how those mixed people could be viewed as being Indians? Many Cherokee people I've seen look more white than Indian.

Most Cherokee (and most enrolled Native American tribal members) probably are more white than Native American. Even at the tribe that I worked for--which has a higher blood quantum requirement than the Cherokee Nation does (the Cherokee Nation only requires that you prove lineal descent from an Indian-by-blood or descendant of their African slaves listed on the Dawes Rolls, whereas the tribe I worked for required that you be at least 1/4 Native American by blood)--most tribal members were predominately white.

[Chowhound]

Back when I was around 17 or so I was taking an Aikido class and one of the guys there was a few yrs older than me. He was a native American guy. I mean full fledged looking. I know that statisacally speaking he was probably watered down with white blood, but he really looked native.

Guy was cooler than hell and I was envious of him. He was good looking, rocked that cool native look and had long hair.

I thought being a plain old white guy sucked. I never got racism. I say the same about black dudes. Had a couple of black friends growing up and they seemed to have it going on.

Lol.

[Oldglory]

A native American is anyone who was born here from citizen or legal immigrants. They can be white, black, Asian or of mixed race, etc. There are no special native Americans.