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lolly

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22. It's just a Mean Kids thing

Sun Sep 30, 2012, 08:26 PM

Sep 2012

Like junior high school bullies, they find one thing that they can latch onto, and make a kid's life miserable for a few years. It's the same mentality, and the same process that came up with the purple bandaid campaign against Kerry.

As for her heritage--well, one of my great aunts once came upon information that suggested my great-great grandmother was a full-blooded Cherokee. It was news to my mom, but she thought it was interesting.

I can see how I might have mentioned that I was 1/16 Cherokee on a college admissions forms at that time and that age; I wouldn't bother with it now. And it never seemed to have gained her any advantage.

But hey, if that's all the mean kids and bullies have to do with their time--let's hope the voters of Massachusetts are all past the junior high stage of development.

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a response from a Wampanoag about the Brown/Warren Indian ancestry controversy [View all] flyingfysh Sep 2012 OP

This DURHAM D Sep 2012 #1

I have William Seger Sep 2012 #5

I know from personal experience that DURHAM D Sep 2012 #6

I've found very little about my grandfather and nothing about my great-grandfather William Seger Sep 2012 #7

I've been researching my great-grandfather in the Oklahoma Dawes Roll records flyingfysh Sep 2012 #11

My grandfather Durham told me that his grandfather SDjack Sep 2012 #26

That's about how Mohawk I am Warpy Sep 2012 #8

Me, too. Blue_In_AK Sep 2012 #24

Having littlemissmartypants Oct 2012 #56

Including me. I believe her. And whether I do or not makes no difference. She knows her heart. nolabear Sep 2012 #2

Agree. And I have a similar story to hers--I have a letter from my late grandmother spooky3 Sep 2012 #4

Mine's quite well documented but you know how people are. They believe what they want or need to. nolabear Sep 2012 #13

Including my son, who is 1/16 Comanchee, but I'll never be able to prove it. His grandmother 1monster Sep 2012 #20

It is my understanding that Scott has been Lying that she Cha Sep 2012 #27

My First Americans heritage abumbyanyothername Sep 2012 #3

I'm told ear wax is an indicator, as well n/.t Mopar151 Sep 2012 #10

Really? Man, I've always had that problem. calimary Sep 2012 #31

Well that's interesting. I go through mountains of q-tips. kestrel91316 Sep 2012 #37

Not exactly. More of 'asianess' in a very broad sense. HiPointDem Oct 2012 #39

This sounds like a onion piece DiverDave Oct 2012 #41

the honey brown RoccoR5955 Oct 2012 #52

Shovel incisors. There's a distinctive shape. aquart Sep 2012 #14

My daughter abumbyanyothername Sep 2012 #17

I have those. Blue_In_AK Sep 2012 #32

that's a great read FirstLight Sep 2012 #33

Common, but not universal, in NA & Asian populations. Rare, but not non-existent, in others. HiPointDem Oct 2012 #38

This message was self-deleted by its author Kali Oct 2012 #46

kewl littlemissmartypants Oct 2012 #58

Probably because the Swedes have some Sami (Mongolian) heritage. Same for some Norwegians diane in sf Oct 2012 #43

Sami MysticLynx Oct 2012 #53

Cool. aquart Oct 2012 #65

Hmm I have shovel-teeth. I'm pretty much as white as you can get, but according to my father Erose999 Oct 2012 #49

shovel shaped incisor, going to check.... littlemissmartypants Oct 2012 #57

I've had several haematologists defacto7 Oct 2012 #50

I've got two full NA in my ancestry and show it. She doesn't. But fuck the detractors. HopeHoops Sep 2012 #9

In his weird, confused mind, we're supposed to be upset aquart Sep 2012 #19

I made this. littlemissmartypants Oct 2012 #59

Same here... jberryhill Sep 2012 #12

Exactly! This was an issue in my family. AnnieK401 Oct 2012 #48

You and I may be related jberryhill Oct 2012 #64

Interesting. AnnieK401 Oct 2012 #67

I believe Elizabeth Warren and off you this underthematrix Sep 2012 #15

Page not found? aquart Sep 2012 #23

Try this caraher Sep 2012 #25

Scott Brown is making an ass of himself. Tennessee Gal Sep 2012 #16

no idea how you even go about proving stuff like this, all i know for sure is i have no NA blood loli phabay Sep 2012 #18

Brown is inferring strongly that American Indians have an advantage over white men like him lunatica Sep 2012 #21

Indeed... MrMickeysMom Sep 2012 #29

It's just a Mean Kids thing lolly Sep 2012 #22

puncky nose and high cheek bones lobodons Sep 2012 #28

Another reason so many people have "Cherokee princesses" in their background is it was a little more Brickbat Sep 2012 #30

Not so sure about that MysticLynx Oct 2012 #54

Great opinion piece. Shanti Mama Sep 2012 #34

Do you think Brown thinks Warren should look like the Indian women in the movies? Thinkingabout Sep 2012 #35

I am pretty much as WASP as WASP can get, but even in my family, kestrel91316 Sep 2012 #36

without knowing anything about this, but di NA keep records of stuff you can look at or is a lot of loli phabay Oct 2012 #40

Sometimes you can find people in US census records when they bothered to count NAs, but the names kestrel91316 Oct 2012 #44

Brown's digusting comments AsahinaKimi Oct 2012 #42

Pottawatomie here littlemissmartypants Oct 2012 #45

I had to look that up, too. Blue_In_AK Oct 2012 #47

re:a response from a Wampanoag about the Brown/Warren Indian ancestry controversy allan01 Oct 2012 #51

Almost everyone I know is part Native. How does Brown think this will help him? McCamy Taylor Oct 2012 #55

Ifound them! Shovel incisors!! littlemissmartypants Oct 2012 #60

Wampanoag language locks Oct 2012 #61

That is ok... littlemissmartypants Oct 2012 #63

Didn't mean to post the same info! locks Oct 2012 #62

I, too, have more oral history than a DNA record. boppers Oct 2012 #66