::shrug:: This is a fine example of MITT, more Indian than thou, one of the themes of Native American politics. The membership rules of the Cherokee nation are a sore point for many Native Americans - you only have to prove that you are descended from some ancestor, however distant, who was considered to be Cherokee by the tribe or by the federal government. Thus you get blond Cherokees who haven't the slightest clue about the culture. I understand the concern but it is not up to me to have an opinion about such people.
I am unaware of honorary memberships in the Cherokee Nation, but would not be particularly surprised. I have not enquired into the man's ancestry nor did it occur to me not to take his word for it. It would not particularly surprise me either however if the AIM release were some such disagreement about what is a Native American, ie is one parent or one Native American grandparent enough. I can assure you though that he was involved in the takeover of Alcatraz, a seminal event in Native American modern history, and is a respected if not particularly well-liked political thinker in the field of Native American Studies. I am really not particularly interested in whether the Minneapolis branch of AIM considers the Denver branch of AIM to be a legitimate branch of Indian leadership. Really, at this point my eyes glaze over :) By the way, I find it interesting that these people didn't repudiate this essay when it first was published in 2001. Where have they been, waiting for a headline they could ride? Dana Dana On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 10:17:58 -0800, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Apparently not. > http://www.aimovement.org/moipr/churchill05.html > > On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 23:49:26 -0700, Dana wrote: > > as opposed to Churchill, who is Cherokee. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:146201 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
