Nalora, I am sorry to see you go. Whomever the ignorant person is who was offended by the word squaw should unsub. This person obviously has no clue that you can't judge the vocabulary of the past by todays standards. You have done a great deal of work and I thank you greatly. You have made it possible for me to narrow down my family search and contact my tribe. I am totally thankful. To the person who was offended by the term "Squaw", I say this with no regret..... get a life. Take a course in linguistics and learn how to educate without getting personal. So you were offended, big deal. Get over it. It is one thing to inform people on the background of the word squaw, it is another to offend a person trying to help total strangers and by voicing your "opinion" you have offended a kind hearted, generous person who is out to hurt no one and deprived a lot of people an avenue to find out about thier heritage and the Choctaw tribe from expanding by adding people to the rolls during a time of census which in turn causes the tribe to lose a lot in federal funds that could go to improving schools, medical care, and other important things the tribe needs, let alone what they want..... I sincerly hope you feel better by voicing your "offense" at the use of the word squaw... here is another modern use of the word....it is in noun form and it applies to you... I'm sure a lot of people will agree with me when I say. " You are a squaw!!!!" and I don't mean a female!!!!!! Now, you can take it personally... Sincerely Raveneyes, A Mississippi Choctaw Dani Ho!!! ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.