You must place yourself in the 1800's for a reference to how people felt about Indians. The predominate race was caucasian and they looked down their noses at other ethnic groups (which many still do). It has only been recently that we have considered all ethnic groups to be AMERICAN. Lafe ----- Original Message ----- From: "red" <red72@famvid.com> To: <TUCKER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 1:35 AM Subject: [TUCKER-L] > I am really confused by all of this....what is wrong with having Indian > blood in your line. I have been searching for my Indian connection in my > Tucker line for the past three or four years and would be more than happy to > be able to finally figure out just exactly where it connects. > > Is it suppose to be considered a dirty thing? If we are that racial, that > much of bigot then I really feel sorry for us as a nation. I personally > feel that MY heritage, and my search for MY Indian blood should there be > some is a great thing and one to be proud of just like the English blood, > the German, and the Irish blood in my line. We are all part of different > backgrounds that make up Americans. NO ONE was born in America but the > Native American's and they were none other but the Native American Indians. > > > > > ==== TUCKER Mailing List ==== > Kathy Tucker Leigh, List Moderator kroseleigh@leighdesigns.us > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/TUCKER-L > TUCKER Family website at: http://www.usgennet.org/family/tucker/index.html > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > _____________________________________________________ > This message scanned for viruses by CoreComm > >