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Date Posted: Fri, 12/13/02 8:05pm
Author: john mohdom
Subject: Re: Unrecognized tribes
In reply to: earthw7 's message, "Re: Unrecognized tribes" on Fri, 12/13/02 2:17pm

>The federal recognization part of the Chinock was
>approve by President Clinton but overturned by Bush.

boy does my stomach churn over that one. I'd hate to have to go through that process and have it overturned. Fortuately the three that he approved in that December that stood were because we all went the Congressional route so it had the effect of law.

>The Chinock
>guy told me that if you got the navajo people behind
>you they would help you with approval.

I wonder why that is unless they just have unusual sway with legislators.

> The Shawnee woman said
>that they would like recognization but knew they would
>not get it.

Do you remember where she's from?

>I would like us to change our views about Native
>people because we all make judgments. We tend to judge
>by looks and I do not want to do that.

I've been working on that for decades and I haven't 'perfected' it yet.

>At ceremonies we have some blond that are with us who
>are enrolled members and we have full blood who are
>not enrolled members.

I think that's pretty much the way it is in most inclusive tribes. maybe moreso in mine (and Cherokee) since we don't have BQ requirements.

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