I know of no other heritage than American Indian where you must present some form of proof that you descended from that particular race, no one will ask white's if they are really white, or asians are they really asian, or much less an african-american "How do I know you are really black ?".
Asking to provide proof of your American Indian heritage is ludicrous !!!
As anyone knows, especially on the East coast, Woodland Indian women were married by white men who were settlers in the 17th and 18th centuries, and as a result you have the "Mixed blood race", almost no one on the East coast can claim full blood Native American status.
Case in point, my distant grandfather married a Tsalagi (Cherokee) woman in 1795 in Fauquier County Virginia and eventually settled in the Kanawha Valley region of West Virginia and they had children, then one of his children married a Cherokee woman and they had children, you get the idea, I am in this family heritage, and I am very proud of this cultural background, and I'll be damned if I have to prove to anyone of my Indian roots !
You either accept it or you don't, there is no "Certificate" or "Letter of Authenticity", and for anyone to ever suggest that anyone of American Indian heritage provide such a document is a total idiot !!!
Take care my Native brother's and sisters...
Asking to provide proof of your American Indian heritage is ludicrous !!!
As anyone knows, especially on the East coast, Woodland Indian women were married by white men who were settlers in the 17th and 18th centuries, and as a result you have the "Mixed blood race", almost no one on the East coast can claim full blood Native American status.
Case in point, my distant grandfather married a Tsalagi (Cherokee) woman in 1795 in Fauquier County Virginia and eventually settled in the Kanawha Valley region of West Virginia and they had children, then one of his children married a Cherokee woman and they had children, you get the idea, I am in this family heritage, and I am very proud of this cultural background, and I'll be damned if I have to prove to anyone of my Indian roots !
You either accept it or you don't, there is no "Certificate" or "Letter of Authenticity", and for anyone to ever suggest that anyone of American Indian heritage provide such a document is a total idiot !!!
Take care my Native brother's and sisters...
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