>Resent-Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 08:07:08 -0700 (PDT) >From: "Skydancer" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] > >Jim >I don't know what the INDIAN is in people..I know the things I believe..Does >it >mean I have to carry a symbol of this on my person..NO it is in my heart. It >does NOT take yours or anyones approval. There is only one person I need >approval from and that is the Creator. I am supposed to be part Irish..but >do I >need to have a card to prove this too? NO!!! A person that is in tune with >THEMSELVES know who they ARE. This takes no approval from ANYONE. >I have heard so much of this CARD..I have just turned down the opportunity >of having a CARD, because I don't need the CARD to tell me who I AM. >Creator knows who I am this is enough proof for me. >Skydancer > >May the Creator light your path, >and you will forever walk in peace. > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Jim Morrison, Jr." <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 9:19 AM >Subject: Re: [CHOCTAW-SE] Re: CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-D Digest V00 #346 > > >| I just don't quite see the logic in this. You mean that all a person has >to >| do is say they are Indian and they WILL BE reconized as such? WHO will >| reconize them without proof? >| >| >| >| >| At 12:47 AM 5/23/00 EDT, you wrote: >| >In a message dated 05/22/2000 8:37:54 PM Pacific Daylight Time, >| >[email protected] writes: >| > >| ><< Unfortunately, we Natives have to have proof in order to enroll in a >| > Federally recognized tribe. It does not mean we are not as good as >other >| > people, it's just the way things are. >| > >| > Carol Jean >> >| >I understand that we must have proof to enroll. My point is that we >don't >| >need proof to be Indian. >| > >