"White" Native Americans? - Page 5

[lil_miss_understood]

Originally Posted by theretohere

We get ads in the paper all the time for people looking for relatives- and if there's any info- guesses at surnames it can be tracked through the tribe, sometimes. I'm glad that the ICWA has straightened that out some at least.

Yeah, my Gran was contacted by a cousin through the band. Her aunt and uncle (3 and 1 yo) were "apprehended" as children (her grandparents hid her mom) and adopted out. Somehow her aunt managed to remember the basic sound of her original last name and that she had an older sister named Sarah.

[HarperRose]

Originally Posted by JacquelineR

Yeah, my Gran was contacted by a cousin through the band. Her aunt and uncle (3 and 1 yo) were "apprehended" as children (her grandparents hid her mom) and adopted out. Somehow her aunt managed to remember the basic sound of her original last name and that she had an older sister named Sarah.

Oh wow. That's amazing.

[HarperRose]

Today we went to see our doctor, Quanah Parker, named for his ancestor, Comanche chief Quanah Parker. He's a neat guy. He was telling me about a Pow-Wow here in town today, that we just didn't have time to get to (kids & I were disappointed), and I said something (don't recall what) and he said, "Oh that's right! You're Mohegan."

I felt a little surge of happiness to hear that, from someone who actually looks the part (and lives it), that I, too, am NA.

He talks about the medicine man sometimes and I WISH I could pick his brain for longer! (As it is, we're there over an hour each time!)