I have a grate grandfather I don’t know how far back but she was full blood Cherokee and 3 of my best friend I went to school with all 3 are brothers and Cherokee too
Your comment is a little confusing because you said great grandfather but used female pronouns. Indigeneity (meaning Indigenous/Native identity) is not about blood quantum--it's not about being "full-blood". Each tribe is a sovereign nation and has their own individual determination for citizenship. More than that, though, being native is about your kinship, community, and connection, rather than it being about blood or family stories. The Cherokee; Eastern Band, Keetowah, and Cherokee Nation, are three of the most well-documented groups of people in the world, some say second only to Mormons. If you have a Cherokee ancestor, there should be record of it somewhere. Also worth mentioning, Cherokee blood myths are extremely prevalent in southern states because of the civil war. Following the civil war, confederate-aligned individuals created mythical ancestors as 1. a way of trying to legitimize their claim as "true sons of the south", and 2. attempting to relate and compare the opposition the confederacy faced to the plights of indigenous people. tl;dr being native isn't about blood so if you want to be taken seriously by Native people, don't tell us about your "full blood Cherokee" ancestor.
yourgrandmotherscherokee.com is one place but it's kinda pricey. I'm hoping one day someone with the knowledge will make a course on DuoLingo. Until then I'm kinda stuck not knowing much. Just some simple vocabulary words I remember from when I was a kid.
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