I just found out I am Native American Indian

Well..break out ya bow and arrows and hit the warpath big chief.

Is it time to go collect some scalps?

I am all about peace and living in balance with nature

Yeah me too..but sometimes ya just gotta fight.

But we need scalps to offer to the great spirits.

It pisses me off yes for sure. Trying to evolve up & out of it

I was adopted at birth and grew up never knowing my heritage or nationality, I recently met my Biological mother for the first time and that is when I learned I am actually half Iroquois/Seneca Native American, So I have been doing a little research into The Iroquois Tribe and I thought I would share some of what I have found.

The Iroquois

The Iroquois, or Six Nations, stand first among the native races of this continent for valor, policy, and eloquence. Their home was in western and central New York, and their geographical situation, on a broad summit of fertile table-land, favorable for raising maize and abounding in game, gave them great advantages. The leading rivers of this region, running in all directions, and enabling then to descend rapidly into an enemy's country, contributed largely to the success of their warlike expeditions. Their attachment to the English alone saved Western New York from becoming a French colony.

They had attained their highest point about the year 1700. At that period, besides carrying terror by their war parties to the walls of Quebec, they had, by virtue of their combination, subdued and held in subjection, one after another, all the principal Indian nations occupying the territory now embraced in the States of New York, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, and parts of Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Northern Tennessee, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New England, and Upper Canada.

If any of these nations became involved in domestic differences, a delegation of chiefs went among them and restored tranquillity, prescribing at the same time their future conduct.

In New England and Canada the Iroquois were the dread of the native Algonkin tribes. When, in the early days of the Massachusetts colony, they made war on the New England Indians, it was said that as soon as a single one of them was seen in their country, these Indians raised the cry from hill to hill, "A Mohawk a Mohawk!" upon which they all fled, like sheep before wolves, without attempting to make the least resistance.

Independence and love of liberty was one of the most marked characteristics of the Iroquois. Their pride was so great that they called themselves Ongwe Hongwe, "the men surpassing all others," and yet in their most prosperous days they could hardly muster four thousand warriors. Their losses in battle were made up by their custom of adopting a part of their captives as members of their tribe.

Originally the confederacy consisted of five tribes or nations: Mohawks, Onondagas, Cayugas, Oneidas, and Senecas.

Yet you have fought and hated the system all your life. Imagine that, big chief is all bout peace and balance.

Very cool story.
If you want a fight without having to scalp anyone here's one for you.
One of my friends here is Maori and married to a Canadian Native woman and her daughter is over here at the moment.
We've been talking about the atrocities against her people-the murder of school children at the schools run by the Catholic church there and everything else that has happened.
Her mom is a member of Idle No More and very active in rehabilitation from alcohol and drugs with the survivors.
The latest attack is Bill C-45
"Idle No More continues with First Nations, environmental groups, social activist groups, and concerned Canadians protesting the contentious Bill C-45 that will severely compromise the environmental protection of of our lakes, rivers, and streams in Canada.

Read more: [link to digitaljournal.com]

I've been trying to get Canadians interested in this on GLP but no effect so far.
Probably too busy with other things, but this needs exposure.
So how about putting that peaceful warrior heritage to work here?

thank you for sharing!

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I bet you are whiter than the guy in the movie "Powder". You are probably 1/16th or some crap like that. now all of a sudden your going to claim your native american and probably try to apply for a grant or something because of your new found heritage. What a load of crap. I betif you walked your white ass onto the reservation talking about how you are native American they would laugh and then scalp your cracker ass.

4th Gen on my mothers side actually

Indians...proof of Mexicans fucking buffalo

No you're not.


Every American says that to gain more attention.


Fuck off, you're just another ginger.

Go war with your neighboring tribe.

And?
I checked out the avaaz site where you can start a petition, there was one on this subject but only about three people had voted.
The key to this new paradigm is shifting human consciousness by collective and individual intent to break the stranglehold of the bastards in charge.
Every little bit helps.
So....?

sorry, I know that wasn't fair to the buffalo

What a wonderful thing for you to be able to discover your true history. Many sadly never get to know the stories of their ancestors and sadly suffer identity crisis. Good luck to you OP

I'm Sorry!!

Do you have any tobacco?

why?

Cause native americans got mistreated back in the day

I am of indigenous heritage, we know nothing of my great-grandmothers people, she was basically a slave wife and beaten by my white great-grandfather into an early grave. She was forbidden to share her culture with her children. All we have is a photo showing a full Aboriginal woman. Her birth certificate does not even have her parents names but has a big red stamp ILLEGITIMATE on it.

Everyone claims they have some native blood in them. I'm ojicree myself.

Custer wore Arrow shirts.