November is Native American Heritage Month.
I did not do a DNA test but accepted my mother's word as fact. She said we had Native American roots as well as African-Americans. More specifically she said our roots were Cherokee. I did not do any additional genealogy research or ask Henry Louis Gates Jr. to verify my roots. But I did watch a documentary about the Cherokee Indians and realized that many things my late mother said, lined up with the information presented in the documentary.
Of course, the fact that my mother and her sisters and brothers (my aunts and uncles) looked more like Native Americans than they did like African-Americans, gave me no reason to doubt the truthfulness of my mom's word. In other words, she had no reason to make it up! At any rate, just like I celebrate and honor Black History Month, I celebrate and honor Native American Heritage Month. Can't deny my roots!
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Original Source: Penny White , YAHOO Contributor Network; voices.yahoo.com * * *
Of course, the fact that my mother and her sisters and brothers (my aunts and uncles) looked more like Native Americans than they did like African-Americans, gave me no reason to doubt the truthfulness of my mom's word. In other words, she had no reason to make it up! At any rate, just like I celebrate and honor Black History Month, I celebrate and honor Native American Heritage Month. Can't deny my roots!
Found on Scoop.it - Soceity & Culture
November was proclaimed Native American Heritage Month in 1990 by President George H. W. Bush. But it took over seventy years to get here.
Treathyl Fox's insight:
"Currently there are 562 tribal governments in the United States recognized by the federal government. Each tribe can form its own government and enforces its own laws, establishes its own taxes and regulates its own activities." That's interesting. So if this can be accomplished in America, other countries with tribal communities ( "Afghanistan's tribal groups" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1658073.stm ) should just copy the Native Americans. Sounds easy enough!
* * * APOLOGIES!!! YAHOO Voices shut down and Ms. White's article shared was unpublished. Here is a replacement link. http://nativeamericanheritagemonth.gov/ NOTE: Although the link may be a replacement, my thoughts ("insight") on the matter have not changed. :)
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Related articles: Indigenous Heritage Languages: Native Americans (worldheritagef13.wordpress.com)
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Raised a “Negro”, but my ancestry is also Native American, #Cherokee. As November is #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth in the USA, taking this opportunity to show respect to my “other people”. ~ #NativeAmericans – My Tribute https://t.co/UZTs3u9dxu pic.twitter.com/FrSMOSb1Wj— Treathyl Fox (@cmoneyspinner) November 14, 2019
"The Native Americans do not know for certain what happened with Sacajawea after her return to the Lemhi River Valley. ... " ~ Sacajawea and the Lost Grave https://t.co/gV7ArulSdN November is #NativeAmericanHeritage Month. pic.twitter.com/SvFUWR5CaW— Treathyl Fox (@cmoneyspinner) November 14, 2019
November is #NativeAmericanHeritage Month.— Treathyl Fox (@cmoneyspinner) November 14, 2019
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