Steve Hayes
2025-01-15 04:30:55 UTC
On Wed, 15 Jan 2025 02:33:04 -0000 (UTC), Lars Poulsen
Blacks have tribes. Whites have tribes. All kinds of people have
tribes, in some places, if not others.
Even Linux fans have tribes: debian, Red Hat, BSD and what-not.
Blacks are fortunate there is no tribal structure. The Indians are quite
picky about who gets on the tribal roll. That's especially true if the
tribe has a casino or some other benefits to being a recognized member.
Elizabeth Warren didn't qualify.
Today that video would get Cher dragged down Main Street behind the horse
for so many different reasons. Cher claimed to be 1/16th Cherokee but I
think she backed down later. My ex also claims to have Cherokee ancestry
and I humor her. Many make similar claims and somehow it's always
Chreokee. Personally I am 0%; no tribal money for me.
picky about who gets on the tribal roll. That's especially true if the
tribe has a casino or some other benefits to being a recognized member.
Elizabeth Warren didn't qualify.
Today that video would get Cher dragged down Main Street behind the horse
for so many different reasons. Cher claimed to be 1/16th Cherokee but I
think she backed down later. My ex also claims to have Cherokee ancestry
and I humor her. Many make similar claims and somehow it's always
Chreokee. Personally I am 0%; no tribal money for me.
tribes, in some places, if not others.
Even Linux fans have tribes: debian, Red Hat, BSD and what-not.
My ex'es lineage includes a couple that moved from South Carolina to the
Texas panhandle in stages through the decade of "the trail of tears".
The assumption among family historians was that the wife was Cherokee,
but there is no hint of links to the tribal rolls. He probably didn't
see any advantage to it. since he was quite successful. "He arrived in
the (TX) panhandle with a wagon and the oxen that pulled it, and by the
time he died, he owned 29 3/4 sections of range land. He never spent
money on anything but buying land and expanding his cattle herd."
We loved the story, but we never felt any pull towards claiming benefits
from Indian heritage. Except for my niece, who put a 1/16th native blood
on her college application - she needed all the scholarships she could
find.
My daughter, on the other hand, noted on her application that she was
(1) a Daughter of the American Revolution through her mother (descended
from John Alden of the Mayflower) and (2) the child of an immigrant
through me. Just for fun. She is of course also a dual national from
birth and has lived abroad 3 times. (A year at age 5, a year at age 16,
and recently 6 months at age 36.)
This mythical "probably a bit of Cherokee" is quite common in the
Texas/Oklahoma borderlands, and I don't hold it against anyone.
Texas panhandle in stages through the decade of "the trail of tears".
The assumption among family historians was that the wife was Cherokee,
but there is no hint of links to the tribal rolls. He probably didn't
see any advantage to it. since he was quite successful. "He arrived in
the (TX) panhandle with a wagon and the oxen that pulled it, and by the
time he died, he owned 29 3/4 sections of range land. He never spent
money on anything but buying land and expanding his cattle herd."
We loved the story, but we never felt any pull towards claiming benefits
from Indian heritage. Except for my niece, who put a 1/16th native blood
on her college application - she needed all the scholarships she could
find.
My daughter, on the other hand, noted on her application that she was
(1) a Daughter of the American Revolution through her mother (descended
from John Alden of the Mayflower) and (2) the child of an immigrant
through me. Just for fun. She is of course also a dual national from
birth and has lived abroad 3 times. (A year at age 5, a year at age 16,
and recently 6 months at age 36.)
This mythical "probably a bit of Cherokee" is quite common in the
Texas/Oklahoma borderlands, and I don't hold it against anyone.
--
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm
Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm
Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk