Dances With Wolves
This is an actual real story, no lies, no jokes, no metaphors - honest. I was going to title it Dances Naked While Eating Cheetos With Wolves, but I think I already beat that horse to death.
I am part Crow Indian, I get it from my mothers side. And I know that half of America likes to claim that they are Indian, but I am actually about 50% Native American Indian, 25% black, and 25% white. My grandmother on my fathers side is full blooded Indian.
My aunt has been researching out heritage and she traced it back pretty far. Here is an excerpt that she found regarding my people.
The Crow men were fine looking, tall, and well formed, although the women were said to have been small and inferior(my sisters are a little short, pretty, but short). The French called them "the handsome men." Maximilian, the German author, who wrote Travels in the Interior of North America, considered them the proudest of any Indians he met.
The Crow wore their hair cut in front in a bang, but when they were in full dress this portion was made to stand up by mixing it with clay and glue(I still use this same mixture today!). The remainder of the hair was braided on both sides. In dress they wore a hooded coat made of a blanket, preferring blankets of red and white stripes.
The Crow were constantly at war with the Cheyenne, Dakota, and Arapaho. After 1876 they remained at peace with the white man and many served as army scouts in the western Indian wars. The Indian form of their name, Absarokee, appears as a place name in North Dakota, and more prominently as Absaroka, a range of mountains and a national forest Yellowstone National Park.
So, if you see me strutting around like the big rooster that I am, it's because of my genes, I get it from my ancestors. We are a proud arrogant people - finally, a little something that explains why I am the way I am...
So what percentage of Indian are you? I know you are just DYING to tell me.
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I am an American who actually doesn not claim part Indian...funny, I remember growing up kids would always say, I'm part Indian. This post reminded me of that. But I think it's really cool to know your heritage. I am half Scottish, and I love learning about my ancestor's. Maybe that is why I loved Braveheart so much:)
I 100% native american. However, I am 0% Native American Indian.
I have absolutely no idea where my ancestor's come from.
No native American here...I'm a European mutt.
Love your blog...love the look.
It would seem you and I have many shared interests. Mrs. Muzikdude is from Tucson so we sepnd a lot of time in the Sanora.
...and I think Ron White is hilarious.
That is really cool Eddie. I love learning about my heritage too, although parts of mine are difficult to trace.
I didn't know it was a "thing" to claim that you're part Indian! This made me LOL because I have known quite a few people who claim this but I never made the connection.
There is enough truth in it around here that there are yearly Pow-Wows open to the public where you can go and see a traditional dance, purchase many handmade items or CDs with Indian inspired music. It is quite obvious from looking at them that these people are not merely claiming that they are only 1/16th Indian twice removed. Many are at least half, and quite likely more than that.
I love posts like this. Thanks for sharing it.
Last time I checked Indians are people from India. (Sorry, I had to say that) After developing an obsession about India I am forever telling people this.
I am 50% mexican and 50% white girl. :)
I guess that means I am from a boiling pot of beans, tortillas, chicken, cornbread, and who knows what else. :)
Its always good to come from a proud people.
Yes, Angelica, you are correct - Here at work I am inundated with Indian culture, however, this excerpt used the word Indian and so I kept it true to the story.
One of my best work friends is from Du Bai - and so I know all about Indian culture, and I get to eat all kinds of really good Indian food - so I am right there with you when it comes to loving Indians - from India.
How about "Big Cocky Cock" instead of big rooster?
Yes, Anon, I thought about that, but it was too alliterative, I did not want to upset the "Blog Balance" something that has taken me years to perfect.
And how about next time you leave your real name, and where you live, so I can stop by and say hello!
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I so should have known that it was the Russian - ??????? ???? ?????
:-)
Those question marks should have said - Rooskie Zamalchy - or however you say - Russian go Home!
Ummm as you can probably tell by looking at me I have no native american blood in my veins. I'm a european mutt, scottish, irish, french, and british, with a tad of german thrown in there for flavor. I once played a swedish girl in an elementary school play but only because I was the only pale skin, blonde haired, blue eyed child in my entire grade (I went to an inner-city school for kindergarten through second grade - it was eye opening to be the minority at that school)
NO! ???????, ???????!!! That's how you say it...
That is bizarre, when I got the email the Russian characters came through in Cyrillic, and then a second email came through and it had turned the Cyrillic into question marks - stupid blogger, it should be more linguistic.
if i have any native american, it is a very small portion. i am mostly: romanian, andorrian (or whatever you call people from andorra), and a tiny bit of welsh.
I know this has nothing to do with the subject right now. I just came across your blog and thought I'd say hi...
My maiden name is Renz. Just thought it was interesting, I never meet anyone with that name.
my dad's dad was partly Native American, so i am 1/4 of partly. whatever that means. probably close to 1/16th or 1/32nd. which means a negligable amount.
but for the record, i do not going around telling random people that i am part Indian.
my babies will be 1/4 Korean, which i am very excited about!
Great Grandmother on mother's side was full blodded Cherokee Indian. The only thig I claim is I drink too much and don't really like casinos? Oh wait that is because I'm mostly scottish.
Not only did she have blod, but she was blooded too!
When you say "Indian" do you mean the Dot Indian, or Feather Indian.
Ohhhh, Genuine and I are quite close, ancestrally. My great-grandmother was Cherokee, although no one would admit it until recently (sadly, biracial marriages in the Deep South were frowned upon). I'm Scots/Irish/English paternally. English/Danish/Cherokee maternally.
The only sign of the Cherokee is in my cheekbones--which according to my ENT are pure Amer-Indian and the primary genetic cause of my and my children's chronic ear infections!
OKay...I am jealous of Jes now ....I need to know, how can I be down? LOL.
No Native American blood runs through my veins...just a mixture of German, Scottish and English.
My Great-Great-Great-Great Grandmother was some sort of Native American. I was told Cherokee as a child. I really have very little in me of course, but it's very apparent in my grandmother. I'm more English, Irish, and German though.
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