Welp, we've sure beat this to death. Its doubtful that anyone's mind has been changed one way or the other, so why don't we just move on. Paul -----Original Message----- From: Diane Singleton <tincie@usit.net> To: Indian-Territory-Roots-L@rootsweb.com <Indian-Territory-Roots-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, June 07, 1999 8:39 PM Subject: Re: Indian Roots |At 03:13 PM 6/7/99 EDT, you wrote: |>Jim, |> Your attitude matches that of the type of people that made my Grandparents |>ashamed to be "Breeds" |> If your so down on people who rejoice in our diversity why are you on this |>list? |>Gregg |> |>Jim, I am new to this list and am very surprised that there are people |like you still around in the 90's. What's your point? Are you Native |American and one of those people who resent "white wannabe's"? I ran upon |some of those people on another site not long ago. One of those sites who |ridiculed "twinkies" |(whites). And I, obviously, left the group in search of another site where |I could research and learn without having to deal with prejudice and |ignorance from either side. |I don't think I have a drop of NA blood in me and I don't have an opinion |about that one way or the other. I am just researching my (and my |husband's) heritage because I want to know who our ancestors were...where |they came from, etc because I love history mainly. Any kind of history. I |am curious about our ancestors, no matter who or what they were, because |that makes up our history. I have no control whatsoever over what my |ancestors did or who they were. Do you? Do you have any control over what |happened 200 years ago that caused you to be what you are today? It's |history. Plain and simple. |My ancestors were Irish, English, Dutch, German, French, and a bunch of |"anybody's guess" thrown in. |My husband's ancestors are not so easy to trace. The ONLY reason I look on |lists like Melungeon & Native American is because I haven't been able to |get anywhere on the other lists. What makes these lists any different than |the Irish, English, etc? Why do you pick this particular heritage to |question people concerning their interest? Sounds to me like you have some |serious issues that you are trying to transfer to the rest of the people on |this list. |I'm sorry that I felt I had to respond to your post, especially being new |here myself, but I was under the impression that these lists were open to |anyone who felt the need to research. I really hope the other lists I have |signed up for don't try to make me feel like I have to explain why I am |there. |Diane Yarbro Singleton |