I have been on this site for a long time and am appalled at the attitude of some that is not the Cherokee way to call people frauds and charlatans is not right we are supposed to help one another. I think there are maybe some apologies in order. This person is trying to trace her roots. None of us will know where we are headed until we find out where we came from. I was a lucky one 2 weeks ago in finding a marriage certificate of my GGrandparents in a small town called Elko Nevada dated aug. 3 1888 that was a wonderful thing to happen to me. I know how frustrating it is to find dead end streets. Ron Shasteen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carla B" <soarsister@cableone.net> To: <Indian-Territory-Roots-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 3:43 PM Subject: Fw: [IT ROOTS] misinformation! > > > > > I am a little surprised at the hostility I am reading in the responses, > but in the responses I was merely pointing out that the word PRINCESS was > not a bad label..I was not stating that I thought the POW WOW Princess was > anything more than an Honor. This is really funny, because the replies > just seemed real short and accusatory. I was only pointing out that > Princess is a relative term, the person telling the story probably assumed > the daughter of a chief, royalty in their eyes, would be a Princess. It > isn't what I expected however when I joined this list, to find people > questioning others Indian Heritage, or the prospect thereof and claiming > to be a REAL Native American, as opposed to what? The fake ones? Indian > blood aside, most of us were born here, are Native American, and just want > to reconnect with our family and their history. > I forgot to add that the first link I sent was on Cherokee Indians of > Virginia..... > http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/cherokees.htm > > Carla > > > ==== Indian-Territory-Roots Mailing List ==== > For instructions to unsubscribe and list rules, click on > http://www.rootsweb.com/~cherokee/welcome.html > List owner: jerri@cherokee.net Archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ >

Thanks Ron! Isn't it great? I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed finding our relatives and their families. Cousins we didn't even know we had! By the way to the question on language the Choctaw Nation has a language Word a day section...the Cherokee may too. Carla