Ever since the politically infused terms of BLANK American has been pushed out into the legal and social system for various colors of Americans, except for Caucasian that is, a separation and polarization of peoples have occurred. Mark my word....skin color discrimination among all people will be getting worse than it is. The biggest social injustice to all Americans is calling people African American....Italian American, Native American, etc! I have never liked my ancestors, my Indian blood, and Indian friends being referred to as a Native Americans. It's always twisted in my gut. Oddly, I recently read from a website, don't remember where, that it seems most Indians from America or of American decent that were canvassed preferred a label of American Indian over Native American. If not being called a Creek or similar, American Indian sits far better personally. I don't know what the different kinds of Creek are in my family blood make up.....sort of like the Anglo side of a typical American. I know I have ancestors that would be in the Poarch Band of today, but can't join up with what I have yet. Am I personally any less of Creek than I am because of that? No. Steve Travis wrote a long article a few years ago that made sense on this subject. Am I Poarch? Yes and no. Do I have some kind of Creek blood in my body? Yes. What kind, who knows. BUT I DO KNOW I DO NOT POSSES NATIVE AMERICAN BLOOD....DO HAVE AMERICAN INDIAN BLOOD THOUGH...my choice. TT P.SO. Many of us probably have Pee Dee in us......many came out of SC to GA to AL it seems. I'm in SC. ----- Original Message ----- From: "JMSchohn" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 11:40 AM Subject: Re: [CREEK-SOUTHEAST] What do you call a Creek >I say that I am PeeDee, or a member of the PeeDee Indian Nation. We are a >Creek people, but we just call ourselves PeeDee as our ancestors did. I am >Bear clan. And I never refer to myself as Native American (since that >applies to anyone born in the Americas), though others are of course free >to use the term. I just figure my grandfathers and grandmothers all said we >were Indian, and if that was good enough for them, who am I to question? :) > > > In a message dated 08/06/08 11:27:50 Eastern Standard Time, > TalliyaSoutheast writes: > > Hey! > > Creeks are not known to carry a chip on their shoulder like many Native > American groups. For one thing, we were a political alliance to start > with, not a > pure ethnic group. Most people in the state recognized tribes in the > Southeast just call themselves Eastern Creeks. Oklahoma Creeks just > call > themselves Creeks, or if they are politically correct, call themselves > Citizens of > the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. Virtually, everybody in the Southeast are > mixed-heritage. I know that I am more Scottish than I am Creek. On top > of that, > the people in the Southeast come from a wide variety of Creek branches, > who > often spoke different languages and dialects. So if I was politically > correct, > I would call myself an Okonee Creek. > > Basically, it is no big deal with most Creek people. I think that comes > from pride in our very ancient and sophisticated heritage. > > Richard T. > > > In a message dated 8/6/2008 10:17:33 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > I simply wanted to know if the Creek people on this List want to be > known today as, say, > > a __________ Creek > > from the ___________ Tribe or Clan > > of the _____________ Nation or Confederacy > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Just wondering if any one else out there is part of The Poarch Band of Creek Indians.? I grew up 5 miles from the reservation and am proud of my Indian heritage. Just started a family tree on Ancestry and am needing so advice. Example- a Great- Great-(along ways back) was married to a Tuskegee woman. That's all it says for her name. Anyone out there know McGhee's and Rolin's and Colbert's and Barnhill's? My Granny was a full-blood and my Paw-Paw was a half. Anyone feel free to write! Jennifer Rolin Boehs ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Timothy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 11:19 AM Subject: Re: [CREEK-SOUTHEAST] What do you call a Creek > Ever since the politically infused terms of BLANK American has been pushed > out into the legal and social system for various colors of Americans, > except > for Caucasian that is, a separation and polarization of peoples have > occurred. Mark my word....skin color discrimination among all people will > be getting worse than it is. The biggest social injustice to all > Americans > is calling people African American....Italian American, Native American, > etc! I have never liked my ancestors, my Indian blood, and Indian > friends > being referred to as a Native Americans. It's always twisted in my gut. > Oddly, I recently read from a website, don't remember where, that it > seems > most Indians from America or of American decent that were canvassed > preferred a label of American Indian over Native American. If not being > called a Creek or similar, American Indian sits far better personally. I > don't know what the different kinds of Creek are in my family blood make > up.....sort of like the Anglo side of a typical American. I know I have > ancestors that would be in the Poarch Band of today, but can't join up > with > what I have yet. Am I personally any less of Creek than I am because of > that? No. Steve Travis wrote a long article a few years ago that made > sense on this subject. Am I Poarch? Yes and no. Do I have some kind of > Creek blood in my body? Yes. What kind, who knows. BUT I DO KNOW I DO > NOT POSSES NATIVE AMERICAN BLOOD....DO HAVE AMERICAN INDIAN BLOOD > THOUGH...my choice. TT P.SO. Many of us probably have Pee Dee in > us......many came out of SC to GA to AL it seems. I'm in SC. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "JMSchohn" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 11:40 AM > Subject: Re: [CREEK-SOUTHEAST] What do you call a Creek > > >>I say that I am PeeDee, or a member of the PeeDee Indian Nation. We are a >>Creek people, but we just call ourselves PeeDee as our ancestors did. I am >>Bear clan. And I never refer to myself as Native American (since that >>applies to anyone born in the Americas), though others are of course free >>to use the term. I just figure my grandfathers and grandmothers all said >>we >>were Indian, and if that was good enough for them, who am I to question? >>:) >> >> >> In a message dated 08/06/08 11:27:50 Eastern Standard Time, >> TalliyaSoutheast writes: >> >> Hey! >> >> Creeks are not known to carry a chip on their shoulder like many Native >> American groups. For one thing, we were a political alliance to start >> with, not a >> pure ethnic group. Most people in the state recognized tribes in the >> Southeast just call themselves Eastern Creeks. Oklahoma Creeks just >> call >> themselves Creeks, or if they are politically correct, call themselves >> Citizens of >> the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. Virtually, everybody in the Southeast are >> mixed-heritage. I know that I am more Scottish than I am Creek. On top >> of that, >> the people in the Southeast come from a wide variety of Creek branches, >> who >> often spoke different languages and dialects. So if I was politically >> correct, >> I would call myself an Okonee Creek. >> >> Basically, it is no big deal with most Creek people. I think that comes >> from pride in our very ancient and sophisticated heritage. >> >> Richard T. >> >> >> In a message dated 8/6/2008 10:17:33 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, >> [email protected] writes: >> >> I simply wanted to know if the Creek people on this List want to be >> known today as, say, >> >> a __________ Creek >> >> from the ___________ Tribe or Clan >> >> of the _____________ Nation or Confederacy >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >