I just watched the whole thing, this girl is amazing.
born in 1977? she looks like she's in her mid to late 20s
and I have to admit before I watched the whole thing I was wondering..it kinda hit me...
if my grandmother knew her mother was Native, why does she celebrate Thanksgiving?
and even further than that, I'm sure if she celebrates it, her mother celebrated it too.....why?
but I agree with what she said here, the education back then was limited
but I also wondered why Chief didn't tell my grandmother more about her heritage.
i mean, they lived right on the Black River, which is prime Lumbee land, her given name was Chief for crying out loud....
but I have to remember that she had 12 kids, my grandmother was one of her youngest. I doubt she had time to sit down and research her heritage like I have the luxury of doing. or to sit and really give my grandmother a play-by-play of her mess.
she told my grandmother the tea and kept it moving
And I guess actually being Native, she didn't think much of it. it was just who she is. me being primarily African American, we're fascinated by this stuff.
Americans, in general. are fascinated. so funny how white people took the mess from them, but you see so many whites yearning to have an NA ancestor.