And we have the Poarch Creek Indians here in NW Florida. I have yet to see an identifiable Indian, even at their own casino in Alabama. 1/512th Indian blood ain’t Indian.
We already established I’m from Oklahoma. We learned this as children in the 70s. And yet I have never known an Indian, not one that’s remotely close to full-blooded anyway. Loads of tribes ended up there, but they’ve been genetically (mostly) wiped out.
I honestly don’t get it. For example, I worked for an “Indian” couple one time. Blonde and blue, pale wife, husband a tribe member by marriage. They got all kinds of benefits and government contract opportunities. Just how much genetic drift will we accept before we say “not Indian”? That’s a real question.
But in any case, in Oklahoma for my first 30-years I never met a single person even claiming Indian blood. You seem to have a hard time believing that. I can’t even think of someone saying, “I know this Indian guy…”
Dad had cause to believe we had a black relative in the past. Am I black? I’d be laughed out of any given room if I claimed such. So, draw the line.
Where would that be?! You near a reservation? Or are we talking about blonde-haired, blue-eyed “natives”? Because I’ve met plenty of those sorts.
NE Oklahoma, near the Missouri border.
Huh! I’m from Tulsa and mom lived in AR, 6 miles south of the MO border. Surprising!
We have 9 tribes just here in Ottawa county. There’s nothing surprising about it.
And we have the Poarch Creek Indians here in NW Florida. I have yet to see an identifiable Indian, even at their own casino in Alabama. 1/512th Indian blood ain’t Indian.
And? You’ve heard of the Trail of Tears and the Indian Removal Act, yes? Where do you think the end of that trail was?
We already established I’m from Oklahoma. We learned this as children in the 70s. And yet I have never known an Indian, not one that’s remotely close to full-blooded anyway. Loads of tribes ended up there, but they’ve been genetically (mostly) wiped out.
That’s just an ignorant lie.
You’re pulling the same “they don’t look like Indians to me” racist bullshit that Trump did.
I honestly don’t get it. For example, I worked for an “Indian” couple one time. Blonde and blue, pale wife, husband a tribe member by marriage. They got all kinds of benefits and government contract opportunities. Just how much genetic drift will we accept before we say “not Indian”? That’s a real question.
But in any case, in Oklahoma for my first 30-years I never met a single person even claiming Indian blood. You seem to have a hard time believing that. I can’t even think of someone saying, “I know this Indian guy…”
Dad had cause to believe we had a black relative in the past. Am I black? I’d be laughed out of any given room if I claimed such. So, draw the line.