Why so many Americans think they're part Cherokee

Because lots of guys had a wife or 2 in the woods... you know when they were a bit tired of their fat white nagging wife... they would leave for a while. Guess where they went? and i bet a lot never came back lol

I am part Cherokee and documented from the trail of tears. they believe if any part of your bloodline contained Cherokee blood you are included in the family. I don't know that much about it but I am not asking for money or recognition BUT I think it's a great part of history.

I think if more people knew of the struggles of their ancestors we would have a better society today. they took what they needed and left the rest for the next.

This is a hilarious subject.

I remember since Jr. High (early 70's) EVERYONE kept saying they are part Cherokee. It seemed as if it became a fad.

I kept hearing this same stupid incessant claim on through the years SO MUCH I finally became like:



I still hear it so much now I don't believe anyone for sure.

I still believe to this day that about 99% of people that make the part Cherokee claim are full of shit.

quite a good and long article with images and maps at the source link

My son and I have been told we look Cherokee! But we are not Cherokee.
More like Mangus Coloradas Natives! Apache.

Is having a grandfather who was full-blooded Cherokee enough to be considered "part-Cherokee" ?

Why only Cherokee out of all the native American peoples? Are they perceived to have the most desirable genetic traits or something?

My great great grandfather kidnapped a 13 year old cherokee from the trail of tears and took her to a cave here in arkansas and that is where the family began.

Not something your family would say if not true.

I am not. I am Penobscot and proud of it.

Yes, definitely. That would make you a quarter Cherokee.

Oh, cool, I was thinking it would make me more like one-eight Cherokee, but math was never my strong suit ...

So does this mean I can get on the "registry" and get some tax payer-funded reparations ?

I was told by my parents, while they were still alive, that my father was Cherokee and my mother german. Now when I say Cherokee I do the mean he went on war parties with face paint. He was decended from Cherokee bloodlines. He was in no way an indian. I've always believed this, I have no reason not to. I'm not willing to spend a bunch of money researching it to find out. I am proud of who I am, whoever that may be.

I have always wondered this. There are plenty of other Native American tribes, but why Cherokee?

That being said, the only way I will really trust anyone on this is with a documented DNA test.

It pays the best in benefits.

If you're not a certified member of a tribe you ain't shit!

Will having a full-blooded Cherokee grandfather get me certified ?

Weak-minded White people who have been guilted and PC mind-fucked into thinking that it is somehow cool to be part non-White.

Not many "white familys" are lilly white ... most have some slave or Indian blood in there somewhere

Sorry, my bad, 1/8 indeed. I was thinking of one set of grandparents whereas you clearly wrote one grandfather.

But anyway it seems that these days in the US, one's genetic make up doesn't have to stop you identifying as anything you'd like.

You're typical. Just say stuff with no proof of it.

I'm a fair skinned white person that tans well, with brown hair,very blue eyes, lots of freckles, was told there's a picture of my Cherokee grandmother sitting in front of a "teepee" floating around somewhere, and I have tons of white guilt and my PC filter turned on.

Pretty sure I'm just your regular, boring American mutt.

we aren't talking government approved card carrying Indian bureau of affairs receive benefits card of 1/4? I think minimum amount to receive benefits gov assistance etc

as far as the Cherokee tribe you are Cherokee if you have ANY BLOOD in your line no matter how small

"I still believe to this day that about 99% of people that make the part Cherokee claim are full of shit."

I am part Cherokee haha. Think what you want I don't really care. I'm also part reptilian.

Rumor has it my great-grandmother was full blooded Cherokee, they lived up in the mountains of North Georgia. The census records don't say that is true, but from what I understand many people lied on the records because there was a lot of prejudice and hatred surrounding the natives.

There is a pic of my grandfather with a couple full-blooded Cherokees at an event in Helen, Georgia from the 1960s and he looked just like them, except his hair had turned white.

My grandfather was born in the 1890s, so his mother, I would assume was born in 1860s.

Most of the Cherokees have psychic abilities that are far beyond what most people are aware of. That's why the bloodlines are so highly prized.

Most people don't know it but Cherokee is a tribe of the Iroquois.

The family is much bigger than just the tribe.

I think because it's the most recognizable and romanticized by Hollywood. So many are full of Shiite

I wonder why nobody ever claims to be "part Commanche."

Maybe because they were the most brutal of the Indian tribes ?(they make the Cherokee look downright nice).

Probably because they are part Irish, and Irish are pathological BS'ers.

Maybe this is why?

DIANNE REEVES
"Cherokee"
Sweet Indian warrior
Since first I met you
I can't forget you
Cherokee sweetheart
Child of the prairie
Your love keeps calling
My heart enthralling
Ooh Cherokee
Dreams of summertime
Of wintertime gone by
Throng my memory so tenderly and sigh
My sweet Indian warrior
One day I'll hold you
In my arms fold you
Oh Cherokee
Brave Indian warrior
Since I first met you
I can't forget you
Cherokee sweetheart
Child of the prairie
Your love keeps calling
My heart enthralling
Ooh Cherokee
Dreams of summertime
Of wintertime gone by
Throng my memory so tenderly and sigh
My sweet Indian warrior
One day I'll hold you
In my arms enfold you
Ooh Cherokee