[Mr Ramsbotham]

I can see you haven't gotten into the Dawes Rolls and the blood quantum questions.

No, I'm just amused at the number of people who claim to be of Cherokee ancestry. Those damned Cherokees must really have gotten around.

[muawiyah]

The Cherokee did get around, and there are at least as many of them LEFT OFF the Dawes Rolls as got on the Dawes Rolls.

The Cherokee and related tribes were quite rapidly being assimilated by Euro-American society in the early 1800s.

Many people who are actually Creek, Choctaw and Chickasaw tell you they are Cherokee just so they don't have to answer so many questions.

[autumnraine]

Well, they really kind of did get around. Since they are originally from the southeast, were marched to Oklahoma and then migrated back to the southeast mountains. But you are right, people want to belong to a ‘culture’ and Native American seems nobel to many. Cherokee is the most well known tribe I think and so that’s the one they claim!

By the way, my grandmother was half Cherokee, LOL! But being from the southeast, it’s really no surprise or big deal. I have so many more races crammed into my DNA, that is probably a blip in my whole genetic makeup.

[UCANSEE2]

No, I'm just amused at the number of people who claim to be of Cherokee ancestry.

Same people claim they were at Woodstock, too.