What Does A Native American Look Like? (controversial, racist, state)

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The experiences of some mixed race people in getting recognized as being Native American.

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As a group aren't Native Americans a mixed group nowadays? So as a result many Native Americans will have a variety of appearances. There are many Native Americans who are mixed with white and are still considered Indians. Look at some Cherokee.

Tribes such as the Shinnecock in Long Island NY and the Haliwa-Saponi tribe in North Carolina both have a significant black mixture. They both consider themselves Indian people.

[Loveshiscountry]

Naming people after the country that committed genocide against them - priceless.

[Pilot1]

I always thought Frank De Kova from "F Troop" did a nice job.

[remco67]

Originally Posted by Pilot1

I always thought Frank De Kova from "F Troop" did a nice job.

the only thing i really remember from that show was Wrangler Jane , who was my first t.v. crush when i watched it in re-runs. R.I.P. Melody Patterson.

[whogo]

Originally Posted by remco67

the only thing i really remember from that show was Wrangler Jane , who was my first t.v. crush when i watched it in re-runs. R.I.P. Melody Patterson.

Elizabeth Montgomery was hotter. Lol

[vkhmini]

These guys had to have gotten that FUNK from somewhere! Whew!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj0d...&start_radio=1

[James Bond 007]

I worked for an Indian tribe in Washington state for 7 years, and I'd say only about a third of them looked like they could be full-blooded American Indians. All the others obviously had other races mixed in (mostly white).

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Originally Posted by James Bond 007

I worked for an Indian tribe in Washington state for 7 years, and I'd say only about a third of them looked like they could be full-blooded American Indians. All the others obviously had other races mixed in (mostly white).

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.

[prospectheightsresident]

Most members of Native American tribes are not "pure blood" anyway, so this shouldn't be controversial. If it is true (and I have no reason to doubt it) that these peoples' families were excluded from the tribe decades ago due to racist Jim Crow laws adopted by the tribe (certain tribes did have their own Jim Crow laws), then it is shameful.