Hi Martin, ' I don't know if you can say that 1 64th of an amount of Cherokee blood is not enough to matter. I've heard that if you have even a trace of Cherokee blood in you, you are considered a Cherokee and have the rights of the Cherokee nation. I don't know how true it is because I can't remember where I heard it, so I can't validate my source.
Of course, if there are aliens, maybe than can validate my source. I dunno. *smile* Mel -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Martin G. McCormick Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 12:27 PM To: Just Chat; Where Anything Goes ... Almost! Subject: Re: Place names etc. That's it. Space aliens, all right. Actually, I didn't and still don't know much about the Spiro people. We have a weekly program on several state TV stations called "Discover Oklahoma" and it talked about the Spiro Mounds. I may have heard of them a long time ago, but not enough to get excited and remember much. Apparently the Spiro people became several tribes such as the Pawnee and Caddo tribes and it was thought that the Spiro spoke the Caddo language. I also have the tiniest bit of Indian blood split between Choctaw and Cherokee to make a grand total of 1/64 which is not enough to matter but I do wonder if my blood type may be related to that. Type O blood is common among native peoples of North America and maybe that is it. The rest of my ancestors also came from various parts of Europe, mainly France and either Scotland or Ireland. My father's side of the family is one opaque wall but a clue is that our name McCormick used to be spelled the Scottish way and it was changed to the Irish-style spelling several generations ago so who knows? Some nights if I can't sleep, I lie awake building electronics projects in my mind or solving some other problem, but whether we were once Scots or Irish is way down on the list. It was probably Scots, however. We have a Potawotami County right here in Oklahoma but there may be multiple groups as there is a "Citizens Band Potawotami Tribe as you hear their name in the news sponsoring some event on occasion. The Siminoles are actually another branch of Cherokee Indians who refused to relocate during the 1800's and fought the US government. I think Siminole means runaway in Cherokee. I really don't think there was much human history of any kind in North-Central Oklahoma at least not the induring kind of settlements and agriculture. Nomadic tribes probably came and went with the seasons but some areas are still pretty baren to this day. Take care. ======================================== The Just-chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/just-chat> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the just-chat group at either of the following: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/just-chat/index.html> or: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> You may subscribe with your RSS reader at the following URL: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> ---------------------------------------
