Just rant on, I enjoyed it. I have always felt I was born "out of turn". I mean I think God said "come on, it's time to go" somewhere in the 1800's and I was off lolly gagging around and missed the boat and had to wait until 1941. I think I was born about 100 years off. That's what I get for playing too much. LOL Fay ----- Original Message ----- From: Choctaw <choctaw@bscn.com> To: <CHAHTA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 9:57 PM Subject: Re: [CHAHTA] twinkies > A Native American is anyone who is born in American. Personally, I think we > call ourselves indians without second thought, but when someone else does, > we think they are referring to someone from India. Sort of like blacks > who don't mind being called "nigger" by each other, but are offended if > anyone else calls them that. > I THINK that the term Native American is the "politically correct" name > right now, although most "indians" prefer American Indian. > Speaking for myself, I think I prefer Indian or American Indian, of the > three, but I would really rather just be call Choctaw. > I remember being probably four or five years old and learning that I was > Choctaw. We at the time happened to live on Choctaw St. and I of course > felt there was a reason for that and it was cause I lived there LOL We had > a neighbor who had a bumper sticker on her car that said "Cherokee and Proud > of it" I remember wanting a car just so I could put a Choctaw sticker on > it. I can say that I am 37 yrs old and have a bumper sticker on my car that > says "Proud to be Choctaw". I also remember that I said I would marry an > indian and my kids would "show" their indian more than I do. We all know > that doesn't always work, but it does tell me that at a very early age I > knew I was more indian inside than I looked on the outside. > When I've been asked if I could go back in time or be anyone, I have always > thought/said that I would want to be a Choctaw woman in the late 1700s, > just so I could learn the old ways before the foreign influences on the > tribe. > Ok, getting off my soapbox. Notice I say nothing or very little, then I > just start ranting? LOL? > Yokoke > Shelley > > > ==== CHAHTA Mailing List ==== > Need more CHOCTAW information?? Visit Judy White's pages at http://accessgenealogy.com/native for rolls, data, etc. >

Yokoke Fay, You made me feel better about sending that. I guess I almost expected to start getting messages about what a "twinkie" I am :) Yokoke Chito Shelley