Not really i just wanted to get a rise out of Lord Opie....
i just found out i'm part Jewish!
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Skookum said:Not really i just wanted to get a rise out of Lord Opie....
That's interesting.
My cousin has just about finished with gathering the genealogy proof to show that we're a quarter Cherokee, so we can register with the tribe. I met my second cousins, who still live on the rez once, but really never had much of a desire to be affiliated with the tribe. Having a daughter has given me a little more interest, so I can show her her heritage.
H8R said:
I was gonna say welcome to the Tribe, but...... now all I have to say is it must suck going through life knowing your people are not the chosen ones 
My great grandmother was half Cherokee.Reactor said:That's interesting.
I don't think I got any of that blood though.
Blond hair, green eyes and lilly honkey white.
I'm not exactly mistaken for Tonto.
Although, I can dominate a room in Indian Leg Wrestling.
That makes me 1/8th. There is no blood quantum level requirement to be listed with the tribe. What is required is to find out the role number that was assigned to your indian ancestor. To the unknowing eye I don't look indian either because I am blond with blue eyes but my body build is very much indian like and I have very high cheekbones.
I've have thought of getting registered with the tribe too. I have just not had enough time to source all the records and get the paperwork together.
I've have thought of getting registered with the tribe too. I have just not had enough time to source all the records and get the paperwork together.
Same here... it's like we're brothers or somethingBicyclist said:
I'm:
1/4 German
1/4 Irish
1/2 Jack Daniels
... stir, serve with a dark cola and wait.
1/4 German
1/4 Irish
1/2 Jack Daniels
... stir, serve with a dark cola and wait.
Which part?
Jeez, do I feel bad now. I had no ide there were so many Native American's here. My family is largely responsible for stealing all your guys land.
Sorry about that.
Sorry about that.
lonewolfe said:
Just found out I'm Choctaw not Cherokee. My great great grandfather is Samuel Quniton, #8770 on the final Dawes rolls for the Choctaw. My grandfather was listed as baby Quinton. The amount is not certain, because some of my ancestors claimed they were 1/8 Choctaw, so they could live off the reservation, when they were half or more.
You can get a percentage from the tribe itself, they should have him on the rolls. If your grandfather was half then you're not going to have enough blood quantam to claim.Reactor said:
If you don't have a quarter or more, or have immediate Indian family then you really shouldn't claim. Definately not saying you can't be proud of your heritage and family history, but it gets silly for instance when you have 1/128ths and you claim. If you don't know how to say "bear crap" in your native tongue then you're just pretending.
You're nt 100% jew you're JewISH.
I found my great grandmother Elizabeth Quinton, 8784Skookum said:You can get a percentage from the tribe itself, they should have him on the rolls. If your grandfather was half then you're not going to have enough blood quantam to claim.
If you don't have a quarter or more, or have immediate Indian family then you really shouldn't claim. Definately not saying you can't be proud of your heritage and family history, but it gets silly for instance when you have 1/128ths and you claim. If you don't know how to say "bear crap" in your native tongue then you're just pretending.
My grandfather appears to have been about 3/4 or so. Although the Choctaw don't appear to have any minimum blood quanta level, and since both my great grandparents were raised on the Rez', and appear on the dawes roles they appear to both be considered full members, making my grandfather "full" blooded. Which would make me, 1/4th. With all the out breeding to the settlers, I don't think there are very many 100% full blooded native americans in the U.S.
I'll probably get the CDIB and register with the tribe, although I'm NOT looking for any financial gain. I don't usually claim my vetaren preference points when applying for jobs, so I'm not going to claim this either. I'm doing it more as historical and genealogical exercise. My mother is now my oldest living relative and I'm trying to find out as much as possible about my family tree. I've met my second cousins, who still live on the Rez and are full blooded Choctaw, and the last thing they need is someone trying to make money off a old allocation. The cousins were fun to play, we were all about the same age.
lonewolfe said:
http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/native-americans-final-rolls.html
It's in a more or less alphabetical order by tribe.
On the East Coast probably not. The white settler didn't make it to this part of the world until the late 1800's however. My ex-girlfriend is full blood but you can only claim one tribe so in our tribe her quantam is 50%.Reactor said:
Doesn't matter what your motivation is, if you have the blood then you are Indian. Get yourself on the rolls and get your ass to a pow-wow.Reactor said:
Hey Reactor, sell me some M80's dude!
Skookum said:On the East Coast probably not. The white settler didn't make it to this part of the world until the late 1800's however. My ex-girlfriend is full blood but you can only claim one tribe so in our tribe her quantam is 50%.
Doesn't matter what your motivation is, if you have the blood then you are Indian. Get yourself on the rolls and get your ass to a pow-wow.
I'm pretty sure I'm going to register, I want my daughter to know about all of her ancesters, even the ones that glossed over in U.S. history class. I guess I have to Oklahoma (eek!) and visit Quinton and the Reservation.
If I had any..Tenchiro said:Hey Reactor, sell me some M80's dude!
..You can't get decent destructive fireworks in Arizona. Assault rifles on the other hand are all over the place.ah yes, the hypocracy of this wonderful country we live in. you cant blow your hand off with an m80 but you can pump your next door neighbors full of lead with an m16.Reactor said:If I had any..
I just found out my hemmoroid has character.
Says he wants to be called "Cappy".
Says he wants to be called "Cappy".
i just pee'd out a kidney stone, i named it Kidwoo.kidwoo said:
Gonna have to be kidney stone kidwoo the third.Skookum said:
The "woo" is a biological excretion sensation that's sweeping the nation.
Glad to have you on board.
More like woo in a screaming 80's hair band fashion, birthing those little suckers are painful. And sorry but since i'm short on cash, i sold Kidwoo jr. on the corner last night. i was taking it on a stroll and a Meth-head said he'd give me 20 bucks for him.MikeD said: