tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367049773523193918.post6751820586497788244..comments2023-12-08T17:40:55.280-06:00Comments on Observations from a Genealogy Addict: "My Grandma's a full blooded Choctaw from New York"Genealogy Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02274498891387645896noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367049773523193918.post-5900957249129346962014-03-31T17:23:35.565-05:002014-03-31T17:23:35.565-05:00My 3G grandmother was Native American. The legend ...My 3G grandmother was Native American. The legend that follows her is that she was Sioux from Okla. She lived in NC., 4 of her 6 remaining children - alive in 1880 said on the census that she was from NC. I consider that good testimony. There were Native American tribes that spoke a Sioux dialect living in NC. I venture a guess that she was from one of those tribes. Here's the thing... in the 1830 census, all her kids were listed living with their white guy father. She was not represented on the census. When I looked up the instructions that the enumerators were given for collecting data, they were instructed to not count Indians. I know she was still around because my ancestors was not yet born in 1830. Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10681621795799304262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367049773523193918.post-80504726271845816782014-03-18T13:23:05.145-05:002014-03-18T13:23:05.145-05:00Certainly strange things happen, but I think the g...Certainly strange things happen, but I think the general point stands that there is an inordinate amount of people who make claims without 1. a basic knowledge of Native American history or 2. any attempt to find documentation. In my experience, they normally do so to inflate or alter their own sense of identity, something akin to racial/cultural shifting. They use phrases like "the white man's way" and claim spiritual connections to a distant past--IMO, it's really just a form of the "Cherokee princess" (insert Choctaw or Chickasaw as well) dilemma. Also, it's getting more common as it becomes socially/financially advantageous to claim indigenous identity. I think the best work that recently covered this is Circe Sturm's "Becoming Indian: The Struggle over Cherokee Identity in the 21st Century".JFortney@OU.eduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17685573866655681149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367049773523193918.post-1019589610076138302014-01-25T08:27:04.706-06:002014-01-25T08:27:04.706-06:00I live in upstate New York and I had a friend with...I live in upstate New York and I had a friend with Chickasaw ancestors who lived in New York. A male ancestor had served in the American Revolution and his service brought him to New York State. He liked it here and stayed. It surprised him as much as it did me. Once in a while odd things do happen.Debra Winchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01217880693035812274noreply@blogger.com