My stepdaughter did a stint with Americorps last year and snapped this pic in Florida in the Everglades- they were there building tree boxes for them.
Not intending any disrespect but aren't you white too?
Yes I am, 'too'- my father was the typical white man with the small amount of Cherokee that most white people say they have but cant prove, and my mother is indian, she lives it every day. (My mothers father was a fullblood Osage original allottee her mother was mixed Kaw Osage and French, making my maternal side mostly indian). When I was a kid these things just werent spoken about with white people around was all I meant, doesnt mean you cant talk about it, I just remember being told not to. No big deal...
I wasn't trying to ruffle any feathers I was just wondering because I thought I had done deals with you back in the early years of OSA and I remember you being on the far side of white, I am not putting down your heritage I was mainly just wondering if I had you confused with another member because the conviction you have about American Indians.
(Naa man its all good. Ya, that was me, Im a mixed bag of genetics, for sure not the darkest indian youre probably going to meet at 3/8s blood. There are alot of us though these days that are mixed. My father was a dark haired green eyed Scottish Irish 100% white man, his grandfathers came from Scotland and Ireland and my mother is 3/4 indian and French. My brothers and sisters got the dark hair brown eyes and Im the blonde haired with blue/green eyes. Im not just a card carrying poser tho like some who just became indian recently when they thought they were going to get casino richs (we dont get casino money). I know my families history and culture and have lived it growing up. I just came back from a weekend of our annual dances and we are inaugurating a new chief, who happens to be my cousin as is half the tribe and county. I cant deny who I am when I go home because almost everyone there I am related to.
Im sensitive to indian subjects I guess because of my mother, an activist and heavily involved in our tribal business as are other relatives. She lives on my grandfathers original allottment in Osage county that he recieved in the late 1800s before statehood, and as a kid I did too. Im a mixed blood person like alot of other mixed blood people these days. I have always considered myself indian and white. I have alot of pride in all of my familys heritage, both indian and white. I have indian relatives who were light skinned like me that made a name for themselves. Tinker air base is named after a family member of mine, an Osage indian. Charles Curtis, the only indian (Osage-Kaw) Vice President of the US, was a cousin. My mother was invited to a ceremony this past spring in St Louis to honor the cities 250th birthday. My grandfathers uncle, an Osage, had married into the Chouteau family giving them their indian heritage.
I just feel that I am doing a disservice to my blood if I dont stand up for indian rights, no matter whether Im not a full blood just the 3/8s that I am. My grandfather was a full blood Osage original allottee and my grandmother was Kaw and French. I sat on my grandfathers knee as a little kid listening to our tribes history and family stories passed down to him. I know where we came from and I know my culture from those stories.
I am going to Europe this fall with my wife to check out my both my dads Irish and Scottish history and my moms family history in France. Really excited about the trip).
Back to the OP. My mom had all kinds of owls in our house, collectibles and figurines, etc- they were every where in and around our home when I was a kid, it was really kind of creepy. I mean every where and practically everything she owned had an owl on it. Theyre all gone now but they were every where when I grew up. My dad even captured a live owl once and he had it in our garage in a cage.
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