Race, culture and assimilation

[Benton]

(06-13-2016, 08:38 PM)jason Wrote: Americans love to claim that they are part native American. Most of our ancestors came here after the whole assimilate the Indians idea was replaced by removal and extermination. So I'd say the likelihood of ol Grandpappy getting it on with a squaw is minimal. They always claim that they are part Cherokee. Is it because that's the only nation they have heard of? How come I never meet a guy that is half Nez Perce? No Comanches. No Delaware. No Crow. Me personally, I'd dream up a Lakota ancestor. I just find that to be a comical element of American culture.

Your region maybe? I do have Cherokee relatives, although the only one that was full was a great grandfather. That's probably got something to do with most of my family coming from the same area. But I have met people from several other tribes, mostly out west.