I need to understand this correctly as you state.Are you saying that each of these two people possess 4/4 degree Native American blood quantum? Are either of these two people recognized as a tribal member in his/her respective tribe? I'm curious, as I'm aware that there are tribes whose blood degree requirments are greater than others. James Brown ----- Original Message ----- From: "cinnabarsetters" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2007 5:22 PM Subject: [CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST] Fw: Blood Quantum A whole different angle > > Hello, > I have read this list for over two years and seldom post, but this is a > story I want to share. First of all the Mississippi Choctaw will not > accept anyone who is 50% or under Choctaw. That would leave a lot of > Oklahoma Choctaw out. > > I have met full bloded Choctaw who don't even know their language. That > is indeed sad. If a mix-blood knows his/her language or custom, is that > mixed blood any less Indian than the full blood who doesn't speak his/her > language? > > But here is even a more interesting scenario. I have a friend who is a > full-blooded Indian, but a mix blood of three different tribes. He > married a full-blooded Indian who is also a tribal mix. Their children > are full blooded Indians, but can not belong to any tribe bacause thier > blood quantum's are too marginal. How do we categorize these Indians? > Raven > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >