07-Feb-98 09:32:29, Sondra Ball wrote to Dog Patch
          Subject: heritage                 
DP>> You don't need the BIA to tell you you have "Indian" blood if you Gr
DP>> says so that sould be enough .
 SB> Just so long as you realize that having a little bit of Indian blood in 
 SB> you doesn't make you an Indian, much less a Lakota or a Cherokee or a 
 SB> MicMac.
 SB>                           Sondra
 Sondra, Are you saying that only Full bloods are Indian?? if so I beg to 
         differ with you, the percentage of blood line differs from tribe 
         to tribe,for membership,if however you are speaking Spiritually
         I will agree with you completeley,(some of the WHITEST folks I know
         are "full blood",also some of the biggest phonies.) As for what
         "Granma" says, no one in my family has been a "Card Carrier"or been 
         registered with any tribe since Grandpa left the Indian Territorys
         back about 1900,yet when my Sister worked for IBM they (IBM) listed 
         Sis as Native American,simply because our Grandma said so.
              I often wonder just how many 100% full bloods are arround, what
         with inter-marrages and all of the captives who were "adopted" into
         almost all tribes, and the family trees that"branch out"unexpectedly
                      Richard
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