tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424437.post111342606146618206..comments2023-07-26T05:04:09.107-07:00Comments on The Rants and Raves of a Monster: I remember!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424437.post-1113598757035554072005-04-15T13:59:00.000-07:002005-04-15T13:59:00.000-07:00I am well aware if that. I can trace my Mutt ances...I am well aware if that. I can trace my Mutt ancestory back to them too. But while they have been here a very long time, studies have shown that eventhey migrated here. So, my question is, how many generations before you are considered native? There was a tribe (since destroyed by smallpox)that was discovered to have light hair, eyes and skin. The thought is that they were decended from Eric The Red, a Viking explorer. Since we think that they likely decended from Europeans, does that mean they are not "Native Americans", or that they are, simply because they were here before Columbus?<BR/>SO my argument is, since I was born here, doesn't that make me a native too? Or, would I be only considered a native because my great, great grandmother was Blackfoot and my great grandparents came here from Mexico? Why are people only considered native here if their family tree roots back before columbus?Ginamonsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14708004928074429212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424437.post-1113582250412811892005-04-15T09:24:00.000-07:002005-04-15T09:24:00.000-07:00Umm...actually, the only ones generally referred t...Umm...actually, the only ones generally referred to as Native Americans are the ones whose people were already here long before the Mayflower - e.g., Iroquois, Cherokee, Cheyenne, etc. - you know, the ones that Columbus called "Indians" because he was lost.Andrea J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09319447475289414131noreply@blogger.com