Are you a native American?

[Canon Shooter]

Paul Revere & the Raiders- Cherokee People

The very end of that song is probably the most bitchin' use of a Hammond B-3 in the history of recorded music...

 

[whitehall]

Springsteen's song was about a disgruntled Vietnam Vet. who was screwed by the V.A. He never served himself.

 

[Unkotare]

Sure it is My family has been here since very early 1600's if that doesnt [sic] make me a native nothing does.

It doesn't.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

It doesn't.

LOL yes it does native tribes weren't originally from here either.

 

[konradv]

LOL yes it does native tribes weren't originally from here either.

That’s right, we’re all African.

 

[Unkotare]

LOL yes it does ...

Nope, not what the term means.

 

[CarlinAnnArbor]

I am. Born in the good ol' USA.

Yep. Me too. I was born here, my parents to were. Orn here and so were my grandparents. My fa.ily goes back sometime beyond the early 1800s, so yes, I'm a Native American. And I thank God that I am.

 

[2aguy]

I am. Born in the good ol' USA.

Both of my parents are native Americans.

 

[Unkotare]

Yep. Me too. I was born here, my parents to were. Orn here and so were my grandparents. My fa.ily goes back sometime beyond the early 1800s, so yes, I'm a Native American. And I thank God that I am.

Not what the term means.

 

[JoeMoma]

Not what the term means.

define native - Google Search

 

[Unkotare]

Not what the term means.

^^^

 

[JoeMoma]

^^^

So you are saying people are not native to where they were born? I disagree.

 

[Cellblock2429]

I am. Born in the good ol' USA.

I am. Born in the good ol' USA.

/----/ Yep. Born and raised in South Carolina. My ancestors settled in the North East in the mid-18th Century, some fought in the Revolutionary War, and in the Civil War (both sides).

 

[JoeMoma]

/----/ Yep. Born and raised in South Carolina. My ancestors settled in the North East in the mid-18th Century, some fought in the Revolutionary War, and in the Civil War (both sides).

What part of SC?

 

[Cellblock2429]

I'm a native Virginian....All else after.

/-----/ South Carolinian here. No offense, but our barbeque is better.

 

[Cellblock2429]

What part of SC

/-------/ Greenville (pronounced Green-vul)

 

[Cellblock2429]

Sure it is My family has been here since very early 1600's if that doesnt make me a native nothing does.

/----/ According to one of the DNA sites, this is the earliest record I could find. Keep in mind, after going back a few generations, records are sketchy and almost become an eduacted guess. This is on my maternial side.

 

[JoeMoma]

/-------/ Greenville (pronounced Green-vul)

Spartanburg here

 

[surada]

LOL yes it does native tribes weren't originally from here either.

A little history.

New Echota - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Unkotare]

So you are saying people are not native to where they were born? I disagree.

You suck at semantics.