A very good article that nicely sums up just how messed-up it is to be Native American and try and own your identity in the 21st century...

And people wonder why NDNs dont manage to come together as a unified body against their oppressors... We are our own worst enemies as much as they are...

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I'm back and with a loud Bang...

I've found myself infuriated at the continued insistence (on the part of many who should know better) that to be Native American is entirely dependant on blood quantum. In my case - my family has always identified as Nanticoke Indian. It is on birth and death records for a start. We even have a book written about us ( Read more... )