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First Americans

unionthug777

(740 posts) Sat Mar 2, 2013, 09:03 AM Mar 2013

is it just me?

whenever i talk to someone new, the ones who say they are part native, it is always cherokee. i have never heard any other tribe named. guess the cherokee were/are quite popular. i am ojibwe, by the way.

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is it just me? (Original Post) unionthug777 Mar 2013 OP

Not so much where I live now, but growing up in another state, Arkansas Granny Mar 2013 #1

Charlie Hill calls them a Generokee Siwsan Mar 2013 #2

I am part Salish, from the Flathead Nation. LiberalLoner Mar 2013 #3

Potawatomi... so I have been told... littlemissmartypants Mar 2013 #4

Choctaw in my case flyingfysh Mar 2013 #5

Arkansas Granny

(31,869 posts)

1. Not so much where I live now, but growing up in another state,

Reply to unionthug777 (Original post)

Sat Mar 2, 2013, 09:18 AM

Mar 2013

I always wondered about that especially since the Cherokee ancestor was nearly always an "Indian princess".

Siwsan

(27,350 posts)

2. Charlie Hill calls them a Generokee

Reply to unionthug777 (Original post)

Sat Mar 2, 2013, 09:23 AM

Mar 2013

If you've never caught any of Charlie's comedy, give it a look. Charlie is Oneida-Mohawk-Cree and a funny, funny and VERY nice guy.

LiberalLoner

(10,221 posts)

3. I am part Salish, from the Flathead Nation.

Reply to unionthug777 (Original post)

Sat Mar 2, 2013, 09:31 AM

Mar 2013

littlemissmartypants

(25,890 posts)

4. Potawatomi... so I have been told...

Reply to unionthug777 (Original post)

Sat Mar 2, 2013, 10:38 AM

Mar 2013

one eighth, father's mother's side. no paperwork/documentation has been found in the genealogy. Yet.

Love, Peace and Shelter. lmsp

flyingfysh

(1,990 posts)

5. Choctaw in my case

Reply to unionthug777 (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 09:50 AM

Mar 2013

I had originally thought that my ancestry was part Cherokee, until I started doing the research. I located a guy who is very probably my great-grandfather on the Choctaw section of the Dawes Roll.

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