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glowing

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10. My son looks very white from mixing.. but he has a rather direct line to his tribe.

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Thu Sep 20, 2012, 10:45 PM

Sep 2012

And there's no doubt when the whole family gets together. .Looking at his Grandmother and aunts and uncles, some who still live on the reservation. Heather Locklear is one of their most famous tribe members, and most wouldn't presume her Native American heritage.

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Scott Brown personally insulted me tonight & I'm a Michigander [View all] catbyte Sep 2012 OP

What emotionally psychotic drug are republican men taking these days? MichiganVote Sep 2012 #1

His kind likes everyone to be neatly pigeonholed. GreenPartyVoter Sep 2012 #2

good point! tulsakatz Sep 2012 #3

My best friend, who is 100% Odawa, has 2 blonde haired, blue eyed grandchildren catbyte Sep 2012 #7

my niece and nephew are half Eskimo because of her dad and they look Norwegian roguevalley Sep 2012 #11

that's definitely true!! tulsakatz Sep 2012 #23

one of my best friends bluemarkers Sep 2012 #12

my skin is pretty fair.... tulsakatz Sep 2012 #24

It's painfully clear he's never been to a reservation Warpy Sep 2012 #4

It's the old BS ignorant "race = culture" assumption. Odin2005 Sep 2012 #21

Seriously, he wouldn't let go of that and I was also offended by it graywarrior Sep 2012 #5

he wouldn't let go of that because it's ALL he has... the dink. she was awesome tonight! secondwind Sep 2012 #14

That and the fact that he could "go on and on about...." graywarrior Sep 2012 #34

the spanish had a term for that: 'castizo' southmost Sep 2012 #6

Fellow Michigander here MrScorpio Sep 2012 #8

Aanii, Mr.Scorpio! catbyte Sep 2012 #9

Look at all the amazing colors of skin your family has!(even in a black and white picture) tavalon Sep 2012 #26

No, I was there at the family gathering MrScorpio Sep 2012 #29

Very young, surely tavalon Sep 2012 #30

I'm turning 51 this year MrScorpio Sep 2012 #32

Dang, you are older than me! tavalon Sep 2012 #36

My son looks very white from mixing.. but he has a rather direct line to his tribe. glowing Sep 2012 #10

I am Polish descent riverbendviewgal Sep 2012 #13

I have 1/16 Nez Perce tavalon Sep 2012 #28

Look at the actor that did the littering whistler162 Sep 2012 #37

So Scott Brown can attack ELizabeth Warnen AsahinaKimi Sep 2012 #15

DESPERATION....Scottie Brown is pissed because... LovingA2andMI Sep 2012 #16

Scott Brown is The Wizard Sep 2012 #17

I'm an old white woman in Texas but I found that phrase grossly insulting and stupid. efhmc Sep 2012 #18

agree ... shireen Sep 2012 #19

I grew up near the White Earth Ojibwe reservation in MN... Odin2005 Sep 2012 #20

you will see some white fair skinned people have kids who are Brown , darker than both parents JI7 Sep 2012 #22

Wow, I didn't know you were a first American tavalon Sep 2012 #25

I don't look like an Native American either, but B Calm Sep 2012 #27

Let's be fair. GeorgeGist Sep 2012 #31

lol! renate Sep 2012 #35

My aunt is Ojibwe (and Dakota, I think) a la izquierda Sep 2012 #33