Do I still have Indian in my blood..?

Question

I asked this question in another section but maybe you all can help me here. I'm just curious. My great-great Grandmother was 1/2 White 1/2 Cherokee on my mothers side. There was some white on my Grandfathers side but I really don't have the details on that. I'm just wondering....do I still have Indian in my blood if it dates that far back?

**I am the first child of my mothers...and my mother was the youngest out of 6 children if that helps. Please no rude comments. Bless all of you for your knowledgeable answers. xoxo

Answer 1

you sure do

Answer 2

Yes you do. Be proud!

Answer 3

Yes, you do, you always will, and all of your descendents will, too.

However, in order to qualify as Indian for minority/Native American scholarships, you have to be at least 1/4 Native American, per this website: http://www.collegescholarships.org/nativ... (Honestly, I thought it was 1/8 or 1/32. Perhaps some scholarships have more lenient requirements.)

For other benefits, you must be certified as a member of a tribe, and this may be dependent on the % blood or on DNA. Read more about that here:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Amer...

Answer 4

mitochondrial dna can be traced back through moms for thousands of generations.  Geneticists talk of "eve", or at least a few "eve"'s.

4 generations... the genetics are there.

The law may or may not.. you might not be able to claim tribal rights, or part of the indian gaming fortunes.. but you are in part "native american".

Just a suggestion: neither the native indians not the native americans like the ignorance that modern americans display when they call native americans "indian".  We know its not india.  India is part of asia... not America.  Indians trace their cultural and genetic heritage to modern india while native americans trace it to ancient American civilizations that are radically different from Indian.  It really works best to call the native americans just that, native americans, or you can also just call them by their tribal names (Cherokee, Apache, Nahuatl, Tohono-O-Odham etc...)