I Am Native American Stories of Experiences

I come from a very mixed background. My Mum is half Native American (Shoshoni and Inuit), half Japanese with some distant Hispanic roots as well (from the Japanese side, a Mexican sailor married with a Japanese relative). My Dad is a...

I'm kind of mixed.I'm not really sure exactly what race I am. My dad is half native American and half Hispanic a mixture of different ones as well as being 1/8 Arabic, while my mom is Mexican (and 1/16 Chinese) so almost certainly is...

Hi im Robert Hardes, i am a native american in saskatchewan canada, i want to go into space so i can live my dream goals, the axe apollo contest gives me a chance to go into space, go to this link http://m.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A...

I'm 1/4 Shawnee and have tried to find out about my people. Have only found one book which was less then 60 pages

I'm 1/4 Menominee, when people find out my grandfather was Native American the first thing they as is Cherokee? I say no Menominee, and there response is 'what'? People don't understand how many tribes there were or the differences...

my mother is a little less then full cherokee
my dad has some souix about 1/4.....
my mom was taught alot by her grandmother about they ways of the cherokee people....
and i am very sensitive to things..and in my dreams i find truth and...

i was walking, and a stranger comes up to me and starts talking japanese.

me: what?

stranger: aren't you japanese?

me: no i'm cherokee...

stranger: turkey? your from turkey?

me: no, cherokee, indian

stranger: ohhh, from india

me...

i recently went on a trip to vermont with a bunch of friends, and they brought friends i didn't know. the people who didn't know me were amazed with the fact i was native, and asked me things like "teach me your ways" or "so you live in...

I am half Jamaican, from my mothers side, my great-great grandmother from my mothers side was Jamaican and native american - omaha out of Nebraska.

On my father's side is where I get my Brazilian roots. My grandpa was Brazilian and...

this was wierd when I was in the car with my mom going to the dentist and then she wants to talk about school so I listen and for some reason I heard her say an indian tudor and me being native I was like O_O what?
So did I heard her...

"Black people yelling "racism!" White people yelling "reverse racism!" Chinese people yelling "sideways racism!" And the Indians ain't yelling shit, 'cause they dead. So everybody bitching about how bad their people got it: nobody got...

About 6 months ago I found my biological father and discovered that I have native american roots. I have yet to really speak to my "dad" about what percentage I am or gotten to really meet him. I have been studying the culure and trying...

Ya'at'eeh. Shi ei Danielle. Ma'ii deeshgiizhinii nishlli doo naaneesht'ezhi tachii'nii bashishichiin. Aadoo totsohnii da shichei doo deeshchii'nii da shinali.
(Since I don't have the software that allows me to write in proper Navaho I...

I am taking the death of Russell Means a little hard today.
Our native community has lost a true warrior. Russell was dedicated to the fight for American Indian dignity and rights. Russell was a tireless activist, a strong voice, a...

I'm gabrielion / Cherokee I'm mixed I would like to meet more people of my tribe :)

I am Cherokee on my dad's side. My Great Grandmother was full. There are pictures of her that my relatives have. I wanted to learn more about her. I found out no one knows her real name. She was taken to a school and her name was...

A few people I've met on the astral plane have serious concerns about native Americans in the form of awkward feelings towards them. I'm only 1/16th Native American but it's obvious enough to any native whose family is 1/2 or 1/4 or...

"For Native Americans, human existence was inseparable from the plants, animals, earth, and sky that comprised the great mystery of life. All entities, including humans, were part of an eternal cycle and thus possessed intimate kinship...

I admit, I am only a small part (like 1/16) Native American, but i am proud of it. It is an honor to have such noble, courageous ancestors.

Having a great grandparent, or even a grandparent who was Native does NOT make you Native “NDN”. It makes you 1/8 or 1/4 NDN.

If you are less than 1/4 Native “NDN” then you most likely have very little knowledge of the culture...