Carol Jean: Markie subscribed me to this to get me off the Choctaw-Southeast-L (I guess she felt my opinions/questions were too contraversal!!). I was going to stay quiet here, but I agree with you in certain points. I am not a "wannabe" Indian, rather I am a "wannaknow" if I am. I am not interested in the benefits because I never knew of any for being Indian. I know nothing about being a "card carring" Indian. I am the Family "Historian" for my family. There are a few others in the family who are researching, but I seem to be the only active researcher. I have a second cousin who is married to a "Full Blood" name Jerry Lynn CHEE. Her sister, my father, my sister and myself all beleive/feel we have Indian ties. I have been chosen/appointed/volunteered to find the connection!! Thank you for letting me "spill my guts"!! At 08:51 PM 5/24/00 EDT, you wrote: >I >Dear Markie: > >I really don't understand you. Your children are members of the Osage Nation >and as such, have certain benefits. Obviously there are people who would like >the card to have the benefits that you say that you don't need, but if you >did need couldn't get anyway. > >I would like to be connected to a "Federal Recognized Tribe" (I absolutely >abhor that phrase, but it is the one that is necessary to use) to leave a >legacy for my children and grandchildren. As a disabled, divorced, single >parent of six (young adults, the youngest being 18), I would like them to >have the advantages that my ancestors nor I could take part in. > >If having a CDIB card and blood quantum wasn't important, there wouldn't be >so much ruckus about it. > >Carol Jean > > >==== CHAHTA Mailing List ==== >To Unsubscribe: >Send msg. to [email protected] >Put "one" word in "body" of message:... "unsubscribe" without the quotes >Nothing in the subject line... Turn off signatures....... > > > Jim Morrison, Jr. [email protected] www2.coastalnet.com/~g7d3j4nb/

Hi Jim, I'm sorry, I didnt' mean to give you the wrong impression. <very big smile> I was just trying to get all conversation moved over to the Chahta list. This way, the Choctaw Southeast list can stick mainly to genealogy researching questions. You know... names... dates... places, .. etc. Pretty much the bare facts. That is boring for some people, but some people like it that way. One list for genealogy, and one list for everything else. My hope is to "try" and make everyone happy. The people who like to do more talking than others can do it here, and also be subscribed to the Choctaw Southeast list to place their queries, and read others queries hoping to make a family connection. No, your questions were not to contraversal at all. Here we can have great question and answer sessions, or friendly debats about anything that we want to learn about. Ask any questions, or anything, without disturbing the people who don't have as much computer time as we do maybe. If anyone wants to join in on any of our discussions, they are just going to have to come on over here with us and do it!! <G> To tell the truth, I wish I had started this list first. THEN moved the "genealogy queries" over to the other list. It's much harder to do it the other way around. Everyone started talking on the other list first, and now it's almost impossible to get them to move over here! I keep trying to say... "Head'em up and move'em on over".. but no one listens?? We have 101 members on this list. I can't figure out why no one ever talks here where it's OK??? LOL >I am a "wannaknow" I think we all fall under this title! I know I do, or I wouldn't be here at all. :) Thank you Markie At 01:12 PM 05/25/2000 -0400, you wrote: >Carol Jean: > >Markie subscribed me to this to get me off the Choctaw-Southeast-L (I guess >she felt my opinions/questions were too contraversal!!). I was going to stay >quiet here, but I agree with you in certain points. > >I am not a "wannabe" Indian, rather I am a "wannaknow" if I am. I am not >interested in the benefits because I never knew of any for being Indian. I >know nothing about being a "card carring" Indian. > >I am the Family "Historian" for my family. There are a few others in the >family who are researching, but I seem to be the only active researcher. I >have a second cousin who is married to a "Full Blood" name Jerry Lynn CHEE. >Her sister, my father, my sister and myself all beleive/feel we have Indian >ties. I have been chosen/appointed/volunteered to find the connection!! > >Thank you for letting me "spill my guts"!!