tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post5011129452936523830..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Hillbilly "Indian" vs. 1/256th CherokeeRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-87696995514887022092008-10-07T08:42:00.000-07:002008-10-07T08:42:00.000-07:00As I've told you repeatedly, Natives know that the...As I've told you repeatedly, Natives know that the Pequots, Chickasaws, and other such tribes are Indians. As you've told <I>us</I> repeatedly, you know better than the Natives who know the Pequots, Chickasaws, and other such tribes are Indians. Therefore, you're the only egotist here.<BR/><BR/>Needless to say, you didn't address my point about the Kiowa Tribe accepting members according to legal language, <I>not</I> according to whom they "know" to be Indians. Presumably that's because you couldn't address the point. Either that or you didn't understand it--I don't know which.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-3123345546540516132008-09-06T23:32:00.000-07:002008-09-06T23:32:00.000-07:00Writerfella here -- No, uh-uh, sorry. writerf...Writerfella here --<BR/> No, uh-uh, sorry. writerfella said that NATIVES know who is Native and NOT EuroMan! Period. Put THAT in your offshore bank accounts and see what it earns you...<BR/>All Best<BR/>Russ Bates<BR/>'writerfella'<BR/>POSTSCRIPTUM: Ahem, IRS, are ya listenin'?writerfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00111681906238053379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-22434791044098274952008-09-06T14:53:00.000-07:002008-09-06T14:53:00.000-07:00What an egotist you are, you mean. As you've told...What an egotist <I>you</I> are, you mean. As you've told us repeatedly, you know better than 560-plus tribes who's an Indian.<BR/><BR/>Apparently your overwhelming arrogance trumps the rules of every tribe, even your own. Regardless of whom the Kiowa or any other tribe says is an Indian, you know better.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-81464091310845105022008-09-06T02:27:00.000-07:002008-09-06T02:27:00.000-07:00Writerfella here -- Wow, apparently Rob believ...Writerfella here --<BR/> Wow, apparently Rob believes that the US Congress can legislate behavior and even reality. Why, they could pass a law tomorrow outlawing war and everyone would have to drop their weapons! What egoists are EuroMen...<BR/>All Best<BR/>Russ Bates<BR/>'writerfella'writerfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00111681906238053379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-87826769015536437262008-09-05T04:28:00.000-07:002008-09-05T04:28:00.000-07:00It doesn't take Indian blood or history to underst...It doesn't take Indian blood or history to understand the federal recognition process. Or the tribes' own rules and regulations for enrolling members. You've proved you don't understand these things even with your Indian heritage.<BR/><BR/>If a tribe adopts rules declaring whom it accepts as a member--as every tribe has done--then yes, "legal language" is one thing that determines who's an Indian. That's the point <I>you</I> don't understand. Despite the fact that I've explained it to you repeatedly.<BR/><BR/>Let me reiterate this so it has a chance to sink in: We're talking about the language adopted by groups of Indians (tribes) themselves. That includes the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma. Are you too dense to realize your own tribe has exactly the kind of language we're talking about? That you're officially a Kiowa Indian <I>only</I> because of that language?<BR/><BR/>By the way, what happened to the "racial genetic memory" or "awareness granted by heredity" you said all Indians have? Now it's merely a "family history" that makes someone an Indian? I guess you forgot the standard you dreamed up before. Oops.<BR/><BR/>John Herrington is descended from a survivor group and has a family history of belonging to a tribe. He <I>knows</I> he's an Indian even if you don't. Thus, by your latest made-up standard, he <I>is</I> an Indian. Or didn't you think through your claim before you made it?<BR/><BR/>P.S. For more on the subject, see <A HREF="http://www.bluecorncomics.com/2008/01/educating-russ-about-whos-indian.html" REL="nofollow">Educating Russ About Who's an Indian</A>.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-30709791312925123412008-08-31T05:04:00.000-07:002008-08-31T05:04:00.000-07:00Writerfella here -- As a 3/4 Kiowan by birth a...Writerfella here --<BR/> As a 3/4 Kiowan by birth and by blood (1/4 Wichita), writerfella knows from where that person is speaking. Yes, a card DOES NOT make one Native American. Rob, who is ALL EuroMan, does not understand that 'legal' language does not make one Native, either. Rather, it is your own family history that allows you to know who you are. Natives alive today are descended from survivor groups and thus had to know their own heritages in order to prevent too close familial relations. So, either you know, or you don't. Period...<BR/>All Best<BR/>Russ Bates<BR/>'writerfella'writerfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00111681906238053379noreply@blogger.com