KA> On 11 Mar 98  17:28:40, Sondra Ball said the following to Nancy Wood
KA> SB> *MSGID: 1:141/355.0 0b117ac0
KA> NW> Kinda like Shania Twain, country artist, billing herself as a Na
KA> NW>  She was raised by a step-father, who was a Native American.  Sh
KA> NW> more of an understanding of Native American heritage and 'ways'
KA> NW> people, but to be 'registered' as a Native American???
KA> SB>
KA> SB> Did you know that it is against the law to claim to be a Native
KA> SB> for economic gain if you're not.  She could get taken to court f
KA> SB> She probably won't, however.
KA> If she was raised by her stepfather, who is american indian, and was
KA> be *culturally* native american, she has every bit as much right in
KA> to consider herself native as I do, who was raised by my white mothe
KA> city with only a small part of my upbringing in contact with the rat
KA> homogeneous local indian association.
Possibly.  More and more, I am beginning to believe that nationhood 
should be a cultural and a family thing as much as a blood thing.  Hey, 
an adopted Chinese baby gets nationalized as a US citizen.  
                 Sondra
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