I'm looking for a job and have a question: How native do I have to be to be considered a Native American?
One of my grandparent's grandparents was a Cherokee/Sioux. Is that good enough? Do I have to apply or get official Native status somewhere? Will my employers check up on this?
I would love to be able to check that box.
To get offical status you have to be an enrolled member of a tribe. To be an enrolled Sioux it will depend on what type of Sioux you "are" (Nakota, Dakota, Lakota) and where your purported Indian ancestor was enrolled, Sioux typically have a 1/4 requirement. The cherokee, on the other hand, require you to only prove that your grandparent isn't merely spouting bullsh.it. Regardless you should not check the box as you are no f.ucking indian. You probably don't have any Indian blood at a grandparent's grandparent is so far away it will be nearly impossible actually corraborate it and Cherokee and Sioux are two of the biggest tribes and thus most well known, thus someone along the line made shi.t up to feel better. Anyway, you could win a drop of my sympathy if you can tell me the significance of the number 49 is and another name for a chicken dancer.
can we please ban "Drunkin Injun"
Brandon Leslie wrote:
To get offical status you have to be an enrolled member of a tribe. To be an enrolled Sioux it will depend on what type of Sioux you "are" (Nakota, Dakota, Lakota) and where your purported Indian ancestor was enrolled, Sioux typically have a 1/4 requirement. The cherokee, on the other hand, require you to only prove that your grandparent isn't merely spouting bullsh.it. Regardless you should not check the box as you are no f.ucking indian. You probably don't have any Indian blood at a grandparent's grandparent is so far away it will be nearly impossible actually corraborate it and Cherokee and Sioux are two of the biggest tribes and thus most well known, thus someone along the line made shi.t up to feel better. Anyway, you could win a drop of my sympathy if you can tell me the significance of the number 49 is and another name for a chicken dancer.
While I agree with your point, why do you need to curse so much. Are you a FVCKING INDIAN or just a native american? Your name does not sound native american.
Why not Brandon Stonehorse or Brandon Deerfoot?
think brandon leslie did a fairly good job of a simple breakdown of the situation. however, there are multiple ways you to be considered native american. just because you may be recognized by a tribe does not mean that you fit into a the federal definition of a native american and although you may qualify under federal regulations of a native american, you may not tribally qualify. the first few chapters of eva marie garroutte's "real indians" does a good job of identifying the different definitions. however, brandon leslie made a good point in that if you don't know whether you're cherokee or sioux, you're probably neither. other than the fact that they are probably the two most well known tribe, which makes your claim suspect, the fact that you don't know which one you "are" and the fact that they are two very different - culturally and geographically - tribes seems to take away any legitimacy of your claim. besides, if you're only trying to mark down "native american" in order to gain an upper hand for a job, you're a complete dick cheese.
Cherokee/ Sioux would be a most interesting mix.
Someone in your family is undoubtedly spouting BS. You're probably as white as a sheet.
Do you want to check that box to get a cut of the casino proceeds or the carte blanche to alcoholism?
7 is one of the holy numbers in the cherokee religion and i believe so is 4.
Thus 49 is an important number?
I don't know about Indians, but ONE drop makes you black.
The funniest thing is that anyone who claims to be indian and looks as white as George W. will almost always say Cherokee? They back it up and say no... My Grandparents this and that... No!! your wrong, there is a reason why the Cherokee have no office of Indian affairs in their tribe. Claiming your Cherokee might work? In a recent poll the Cherokee was the largest tribe, but it has a hyphen around it because everyone who is not sure or wants to claim their Indian say they are Cherokee, and put it down in a census. Navajo was second, Sioux and Iroquois were up in the top 5 as well, and I can't remember the last one. I believe claiming you are sioux will take some work if you have documents saying so, and I believe that the sioux have one of the most strict percentages to be considered Am. Indian in the nation.. I could be wrong though.
Donnie Danson wrote:
While I agree with your point, why do you need to curse so much. Are you a FVCKING INDIAN or just a native american? Your name does not sound native american.
Why not Brandon Stonehorse or Brandon Deerfoot?
You are one Ignorant person Donnie Danson... Think before you talk, and you must be a fairly new runner or a jogger if you don't know who Brandon Leslie is. (I'm not sure if that was Brandon talking or not, but if it is I feel his anger on the subject of someone trying to claim a status that they are not) Brandon Leslie is the best Indian runner in the nation! -C.H.
Haha, I am not actually THE Brandon Leslie, but yeah Donnie Danson is one ignorant piece of work. 1. the Brandon Leslie thing 2. Brandon Leslie is a full blooded Indian, there are Indian names besides the stereotypical, to know which ones they are you would typically have to be from the rez, then you know that yeah all the Dickens, Belcourts, Parkers, etc. are 100% Indian. There was this thing called colonization, you should look it up. As far as my mouth goes, why the fvck do you care? And yeah I am a f.ucking indian and proud of it.
TO crb, explain why the significance of 7 and 4 makes 49 significant? I don't get it and it was not the right answer, but an 'A' for effort.
49- cuz after the party its the after party! do i get an "A"?
Jack Holliday wrote:
You are one Ignorant person Donnie Danson... Think before you talk, and you must be a fairly new runner or a jogger if you don't know who Brandon Leslie is. (I'm not sure if that was Brandon talking or not, but if it is I feel his anger on the subject of someone trying to claim a status that they are not) Brandon Leslie is the best Indian runner in the nation! -C.H.
No, Billy Mills is the BEST Indian runner in the nation. Wait, Mills does not sound indian...hmmmmmm.
I know who Brandon Leslie is and I have forgotten more about running than you or the Brandon Leslie imposter know. I also know that it was NOT Brandon Leslie posting.
So you 2 little pieces of dreck need not come on here and preach to me. And before you get all high and mighty again, don't come on here posting under BL's name and drop F-Bombs. You are making BL look bad by doing so.
Imposter, why don't you post under your real name so we can see if it sounds native American?
(Uh, that was a joke, boys)
mohegan sun wrote:
Do you want to check that box to get a cut of the casino proceeds or the carte blanche to alcoholism?
I already said that but they deleted it. Besides, I said it better. I also referenced those filthy mobile homes.
sweet c:
Please allow me to phrase my anwser in a simple If/Then statement...
If you need to ask Lets Run posters how native you have to be to be considered a Native American
Then you are not native enough to be considered Native American
Wow, there is a lot of animosity up in herrr??!!?? Crazy shtuff, of course just having me post on a thread with Brandon Leslie in it will get this thread deleted, but anyhoo.... It is a fairly common inside joke among Native Americans that a white person will almost always claim to be Cherokee, and it is always the great great grandma and she is usually referred to as a Princess(man they were busy just going by the numbers??)...As for getting any benefit for claiming Native Ancestry on your job app, do so at your own risk, it could backfire, especially if they already have any token minorities and have filled their quota.....
old ndn runna wrote:
As for getting any benefit for claiming Native Ancestry on your job app, do so at your own risk, it could backfire, especially if they already have any token minorities and have filled their quota.....
No shit. God knows I wouldn't hire you. You'd probably show up drunk when you did show up. You'd want special treatment and you wouldn't do a lick of work. I don't need those types around here.
sweet c wrote:
I would love to be able to check that box.
Why? Seriously, why would that turn you on so much?!
Wouldn't take your low paying job anyway, I already have a job that puts me in the top 5% in income anyway... I am sure you could hire out of the trailer park for your minumum wage job, or complain about illegal immigration and then hire illegals at menial below minimum wages or even better take your lousy company overseas and let the kids do it... whats crazy and goes against every stereo type you put in your thread, I just got done donating PTO(paid time off) to a white person, who obviously would lose their job otherwise, or at least their benefits, if I didn't show up for work everyday,and just last week a handful of employees got canned for drugs and alcohol violations, you guessed it no Natives, just white people....hmmmmm just food for thought....