• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    And we have the Poarch Creek Indians here in NW Florida. I have yet to see an identifiable Indian, even at their own casino in Alabama. 1/512th Indian blood ain’t Indian.

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      5 days ago

      And? You’ve heard of the Trail of Tears and the Indian Removal Act, yes? Where do you think the end of that trail was?

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        4 days ago

        We already established I’m from Oklahoma. We learned this as children in the 70s. And yet I have never known an Indian, not one that’s remotely close to full-blooded anyway. Loads of tribes ended up there, but they’ve been genetically (mostly) wiped out.

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          4 days ago

          they’ve been genetically (mostly) wiped out

          That’s just an ignorant lie.

          You’re pulling the same “they don’t look like Indians to me” racist bullshit that Trump did.

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            2 days ago

            I honestly don’t get it. For example, I worked for an “Indian” couple one time. Blonde and blue, pale wife, husband a tribe member by marriage. They got all kinds of benefits and government contract opportunities. Just how much genetic drift will we accept before we say “not Indian”? That’s a real question.

            But in any case, in Oklahoma for my first 30-years I never met a single person even claiming Indian blood. You seem to have a hard time believing that. I can’t even think of someone saying, “I know this Indian guy…”

            Dad had cause to believe we had a black relative in the past. Am I black? I’d be laughed out of any given room if I claimed such. So, draw the line.

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              2 days ago

              You’re basing the entire native American population on your tiny sample size, you racist fuck. pull your head out your ass.

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                7 hours ago

                I’m stating my experiences, and oh boy are you mad about it.

                “Despite being from Oklahoma, I’ve never known an American Indian.”

                “Racist filth!!!”

                I suspect you’re like the girl I ran into on Bluesky claiming to trace her Indian heritage back over 800 years.

                “How can trace that back to people who didn’t have a writing system? Most remaining royalty on the planet gets real fuzzy over that time span.”

                You’re one of those blond, blue 1/256th “Indians” aren’t you? No other way to explain your anger at such a simple conversation.

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                  6 hours ago

                  I don’t have a drop of Indian blood in me as far as I know. I’m calling you a racist for trying to act like people with a lot of Indian blood can’t still look white.