Markie I thought that cult remark was funny! ----- Original Message ----- From: Markie <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 7:55 PM Subject: Re: [CHAHTA] Blood Quantum, or Card Carrying > Carol Jean, > > I didn't say it wasn't important. I was speaking for me personally. "I" > can not get a card from any federally recognized tribe. Just me, I'm not > speaking for anyone else except me. For me "personally", it would not > change my life in any way. If I needed any of the benifits, like the old > saying goes.. I'd be up the creek without a paddle! I can't change the > government, so why get upset about it? I wasn't around in 1840 when my > ancestors left MS. to come to Lousiana, and never went to Oklahoma. It's > not my fault!! BUT, I feel that anyone else who can "prove" their > descent from a Final Tribal roll "should" get a CDIB card, and hopefully > they will be an asset to their tribes. > > I thought we were on the subject of... you're an Indian if you have a card, > and you're not an Indian if you don't?? I got lost here in the shuffle > somewhere??? > > I am leaving a legacy for my children and grandchildren by teaching them > what I know, what I have learned from others. I have six grown children, > and 13 grandchildren. I have taken my grand children to ceremonies at the > crack of dawn so they will remember who they are. I tell them stories, I > teach them history and what their ancestors lived through, and the > struggles they had in their life time. I teach them to respect our Mother > Earth, and what She means to us as human beings. I teach them about > Prayer, and respect for our Elders, along with other things. To me this > "is" their legacy. Again, this is me personally, but I believe that one of > the greatest legacies we can leave our children or grand children are > memories. Memories that they will never forget... memories that will make > them proud of who they are and who their ancestors were. In turn they will > pass this down to their children, after I am gone, so our people will > continue to survive. Even tho I did have one daughter-in-law who though > I was in some sort of cult!! LOL > > Markie > > At 08:51 PM 05/24/2000 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....... > >