You have made that claim a number of times without providing a shred of proof.......
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You have made that claim a number of times without providing a shred of proof.......
Everyone makes mistakes in word and/or deed. Even noble people fuk up big time.
Tecumseh was indeed a great man who had a one lapse of judgment that allowed everything he worked for to be destroyed overnight at Tippecanoe. He was away at the time building the great confederation of First Peoples...but he left his moron younger brother in charge of the Shawnee and allied camps. Some prophet Tecumseh's brother turned out to be.
Shawnees are Shawnees for the same reason Canadians are Canadians: the nation accepts them as members. If "Shawnee" is not a legitimate entity, then neither is Canada.
You are the one that stated that it was belief(s) and not blood, so, is the belief of individual or, the belief of the (self proclaimed) societal collective that determines membership?
.. And we still haven't touched on the rightful 'ownership' issues that are ingrained in this issue
Why dost thou trouble me?
http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-10.pdf
Many of the people considered First Peoples by the US Census have so much white blood that they must be considered mixed race at best.
Tecumseh and I disagree about the importance of blood.
I am a member of the white portion of the Caucasian race because all of my ancestors were part of the native and indigenous population of Europe. They stretch back in an unbroken line.
My sons are half white, but their Chinese heritage prevents them from being white. That's fine because I don't think much of white people as a group any longer.
What percentage of Shawnee women who are married to white guys?
I'm not sure. Why does it matter?
My grandmother f*cked an Irish guy, and had a kid by him. Never married him, though. My mom'd basically f*ck anybody who would buy her three drinks, white, black, red, yellow, brown, or even the proverbial green or purple. But she never married any of them.
Still somehow managed to have three kids.
I'm sure Tecumseh's all busted up about that.
Cultural identity can be real or it can be an affectation. Culture can be diluted over and over and over again so that the end result doesn't resemble the original in anything other than name. So it was with the Mycenaean Spartans and the Spartans of the Classic Age. The Byzantines fancied themselves to be Romans. We all seek meaning in our heritage even when the quest becomes nothing more than pretense.
I suspect Tecumseh means much more to me than to you. I do not say that out of disrespect for you. But you are probably not able to get inside Tecumseh's mind because your circumstances are so different from his.
My circumstances place me in a position analogous to that of Tecumseh. I am part of a declining demographic being overwhelmed by an alien people. Tecumseh faced the same decision as most First Peoples. He could acquiesce and make his way in the new America or he could reject compromise with usurpers and fight to the death. Tecumseh chose resistance. He continued to fight until he was shot of the saddle. I lack the words to adequately express my admiration for Tecumseh and his refusal to surrender.
So?
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According to the 2010 Census, 5.2 million people in the United States identified as American Indian and Alaska Native, either alone or in combination with one or more other races. Out of this total, 2.9 million people identified as American Indian and Alaska Native alone. Almost half of the American Indian and Alaska Native population, or 2.3 million people, reported being American Indian and Alaska Native in combination with one or more other races. The American Indian and Alaska Native in combination population experienced rapid growth, increasing by 39 percent since 2000.
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[/FONT]3.9% growth per year is hardly fading away..
I believe They ARE 'SECURE IN THIER PRESENT IDENTITY, Nick.:lol:
And by denying that Indians are Indians, you can justify hostile racist terminology.
Nobody is able to get inside anybody's mind.
Draw what laughable analogies you will, your circumstances are also wildly different from Tecumseh's
He wasn't in a saddle, and if you're resisting anything, you've shown no evidence of it.
Actually,I believe he's planning on justifiying another run for the Cherokee outlet..
its complex "metis' was a derogatory term a century ago, now its used with pride. Mingo originally meant "the treacherous ones'. Now I believe there is a" Mingo identity revival.
Only if you insist on making it complex.
Here, I'll give you an easy test. Go to a bar near a rez and call them redskins. Or go to a bar in a black neighbourhood and call them n*iggers.
If you wake up in hospital, or don't ever wake up, they just might could have found it a teeny bit offensive.
We don't discriminate. We scream when our taxes go up to benefit other Canadians as well. Especially when those other Canadians only live on the rez or Quebec.
It's a big stretch (read "impossible") to assert that the name "Redskins" was chosen for the Washington football team as an insult to Indians.
The name "Redskins" is associated with the team, and only with the team, and it is nothing but positive when used that way. It's something that people don't even think about, except for a few who want to characterize it as an insult, which it clearly never was intended as.
As far as the logo is concerned, what's insulting about it? It's a little like the Chicago Blackhawks logo, which is one of the best sports logos anywhere.
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