This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Carter Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xV.2ADE/481.5.2.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Having grown up in Oklahoma, I know how people have sometimes hidden their Indian heritage. There were many "Black Dutch" living in Oklahoma, a common term used by mixed bloods, but many others were proud of their heritage, and no matter whether it was revealed or hidden, someone always knew it.