I Never Grew Under Arm Hair, That Mean I Got American Indian in Me?

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  • konceptjones
    konceptjones Guests, Members, Writer, Content Producer Posts: 13,139 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    let's clarify:

    This is an Indian:

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    This is a Native American:

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    There is no such thing as an "American Indian" unless you're talking about Indians that have come here and gained citizenship.

    I have worked with a lot of Indians. I'm somewhat close to a few.

    The most memorable moments of hilarity in my days on the job were watching white people explain Thanksgiving to real Indians and the absolute perplexed faces they make while listening. Then they look over at me like "you buying this ? ?".

    To add in...the hilarity of some indians pulling my black ass to the side like "my friend, why do some Americans call them Indians?"

    fixed that for you.

    I know he's not my brother but that was a direct quote so noted as such

    naw, most Indians always start convos with me like "... My friend."
  • D0wn
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    TheGOAT wrote: »
    TheGOAT wrote: »
    let's clarify:

    This is an Indian:

    345913-ananth-kumar.jpg

    This is a Native American:

    charles-l-tailfeaters.jpg


    There is no such thing as an "American Indian" unless you're talking about Indians that have come here and gained citizenship.

    Dont be so PC

    "Native Americans" call themselves Indian "NDN" all the time.

    Thats like when black people say "dont call me black, im African American"

    I AM Native American.

    I've posted my tribal paperwork here in the past because it came into question. Yes, I'm mixed, but I'm a card carrying member of my tribe with a federal roll number.

    And we definitely don't call ourselves "Indian".

    Im a member of MHA Nation

    Hidatsa tribe

    Prairie Chicken clan

    If you are Native u should know something about AIM (American Indian Movement)

    Our "black panthers"

    I'm Quechan, formerly known as the Yuma.

    Yes, I'm aware of AIM and the whole Red Power movement, but I learned about it later in life. I was raised by a fairly militant stepfather so my whole upbringing was all about Black Power and the only thing I knew of my Native side was it being brought up once in a blue moon during visits with my father. All good though, both struggles coincide with one another as does Brown and Yellow Pride and, in truth, we should be exposed to all struggles of minority peoples in this country.

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    Every group should champion there own issues
  • 700
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    felliwonda wrote: »
    700 wrote: »
    I got indian in me on both sides of my family

    But I dont claim it tho

    Wtf I look like sayin that

    Lol that's crazy man don't deny your roots bruh I got Central American Indian ancestry I think is one of the reasons I'm not hairy(well ? hair, hairy)

    Naw that ? just sound corny tho

    "I got indian in my family thats why I got this baby hair"

    Ill never in life say that
  • Will Munny
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  • Max.
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    Everybody on ic is from egypt
  • Splackavelli
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    Same here I just have light hair it isn't thick. I have had friends growing up that were buckwheat in a headlock status at eleven years old. It's a minor thing it never bothered me I can grow a beard but my chest ain't hairy. It's all in genetics
  • felliwonda
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    let's clarify:

    This is an Indian:

    345913-ananth-kumar.jpg

    This is a Native American:

    charles-l-tailfeaters.jpg


    There is no such thing as an "American Indian" unless you're talking about Indians that have come here and gained citizenship.

    Yo I thought people from India were considered Hindus and not Indians... As far as am concerned at least Latin American people consider the Mayans, the Incas, the Aztecs, the Seminoles and so forth and so on Indians

    I could be wrong though idk
  • felliwonda
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVANRroxuOo

    I have this saved on all of my computers and I watch it periodically.

    Dannnm that's a good link right there yo... So much info and history. I had no idea man thanks for this video @konceptjones
  • the dukester
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    Let me find out you got "engine" in yo family.

    I met this female from Chi-town, and she said she was a Navajo....I said ? you ain't nothing but a "Chicago-? ."
  • felliwonda
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    700 wrote: »
    felliwonda wrote: »
    700 wrote: »
    I got indian in me on both sides of my family

    But I dont claim it tho

    Wtf I look like sayin that

    Lol that's crazy man don't deny your roots bruh I got Central American Indian ancestry I think is one of the reasons I'm not hairy(well ? hair, hairy)

    Naw that ? just sound corny tho

    "I got indian in my family thats why I got this baby hair"

    Ill never in life say that

    Lmao crazy mf I hear you I hear you
  • BamBamMr7Gram
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    I'm from North Carolina from the Tuscarora blood mixed with Lumbee our Lumbee people aren't "considered" true Native American however it doesn't deter us from our culture my ancestrys lineage is legit so to answer your question.... Not necessarily countless people don't grow hair in certain parts of their body..... Beards are one thing we tend to not grow... Might just be my family but I can't grow a beard or a mustache for hell if you ever see pictures of native Americans from back in the early centuries many of them didn't have hair on their faces

    Lumbee are true but they just don't have federal recognition. Can't remember why, but I know they have recognition on the state level.


    We're not federally recognized because our government is corrupt we just want money for casinos and the Cherokees coupled with a few Tuscarora people discrediting our blood surely doesn't help we had a bill proposed to Obama a year or two ago that was supposed to look into but nothing ever arises from it
  • Busta Carmichael
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    babelipsss wrote: »
    "I'm black but different looking".... What does that mean?

    michael-jackson.jpg?quality=65&strip=all&w=780.
  • xxCivicxx
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    African people are naturally not hairy...

    Hairiness is an attribute of the remnants of primate DNA still found in people with caucasian blood iirc

    I remember growing up I would watch standup specials from different comedians and 1 running joke among most of them was how black people loved to claim Native American

    I didn't realize how real that was
  • ChillaDaGawd
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    Sounds like a ? ? trait to me
  • cainvelasquez
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    TheGOAT wrote: »
    let's clarify:

    This is an Indian:

    345913-ananth-kumar.jpg

    This is a Native American:

    charles-l-tailfeaters.jpg


    There is no such thing as an "American Indian" unless you're talking about Indians that have come here and gained citizenship.

    Dont be so PC

    "Native Americans" call themselves Indian "NDN" all the time.

    Thats like when black people say "dont call me black, im African American"

    They are called indians because ? crackers thought America was India.
  • jetlifebih
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    xxCivicxx wrote: »
    African people are naturally not hairy...

    Hairiness is an attribute of the remnants of primate DNA still found in people with caucasian blood iirc

    I remember growing up I would watch standup specials from different comedians and 1 running joke among most of them was how black people loved to claim Native American

    I didn't realize how real that was

    Most claim with little to none DNA evidence to back their claims
  • TheGOAT
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    TheGOAT wrote: »
    let's clarify:

    This is an Indian:

    345913-ananth-kumar.jpg

    This is a Native American:

    charles-l-tailfeaters.jpg


    There is no such thing as an "American Indian" unless you're talking about Indians that have come here and gained citizenship.

    Dont be so PC

    "Native Americans" call themselves Indian "NDN" all the time.

    Thats like when black people say "dont call me black, im African American"

    They are called indians because ? crackers thought America was India.

    Yea originally.

    But its meaning changed.

    If u really wanted to keep it funky then every tribe would like to be called by their tribes name but there is over 500 different tribes in the usa.

    My only point in here was one person who claimed native affiliation tried to say that no natives refer to themselves as indians and he was wrong

    ...that same poster proceeded to post what he called "1 of his favorite videos" and the video featured a founding member of the AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT

    Just stating one person def dont speak for the whole race
  • freshb651
    freshb651 Members Posts: 8,240 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Not true I have Indian in me direct decent from my mom who 100 percent maya. And we have underarm hair

    hol up,so you an Indian Crip ? ? be C-walking in moccasins ,hitting ? wit arrows in drive-bys
  • Logic Last
    Logic Last Members Posts: 2,795 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    xxCivicxx wrote: »
    African people are naturally not hairy...

    Hairiness is an attribute of the remnants of primate DNA still found in people with caucasian blood iirc

    I remember growing up I would watch standup specials from different comedians and 1 running joke among most of them was how black people loved to claim Native American

    I didn't realize how real that was

    Exactly. That's why when white people call us monkeys it's laughable. Monkeys are hairy and have thin lips.
  • mackanaven
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    im part native american. i got under arm hair, but can barely grow ? hairs.