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Kris...
A wonderful success story...I too am proud of
David...Bless you both...Bill GG
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 5:42
PM
Subject: Re: [Native_American]
hello
ronni...david was fostered out when he was a week or two
old..he wasnt expected to live because he had so many health problems..he was
premature...all thru his life as a foster child, he was sickly...his foster
dad refused to adopt him...he told me he never felt comfortable at the dinner
table at home...no one looked like him! the Mexican kids in school shunned
him, the white kids made fun of him...when he was 27 yrs old his foster mom
gave him his baptismal certificate...his birth moms name was on there...to
make a long story short, after he found her, he went to see her...she was in
the hospital in Wyoming where she had moved, with Lou Gerhings disease..he
only had 3 hours with her...she was so happy to see him! she told him she was
Apache...they didnt get into his birth dad at all...she was too sick...the
next day when he went back to see her, she had died overnight...anyway...thru
much research and a lot of hard work, he found her family...they were
Chirachua Apache and Isleta Pueblo...he got no help at all from Catholic
Charities, or the Social Services system...he did it all on his own...his half
brothers knew nothing of their Apache heritage...david has contributed all his
info to the family name website and has helped many of his birth family find
thier relatives and heritage..he is close to his cousins in New Mexico now,
and his Uncle and cousins in Seattle...they really moved around..lol! he has
applied to the Isleta Pueblo for enrollment and now the Chirichua/Mescalero
nation also...the Chirichua live with the Mescalero on thier rez...last summer
he got to go to his cousins home which his great grandfather and great uncles
built a hundred years ago...an adobe house...still standing..where his cousin
lives...he got to walk in the footsteps of his ancestors on thier land and
visit his gg gramma's grave...it was a very spiritual experience for
him...Catholic Charities and other government agencies make it very very
difficult to find your birth parents and family...Creator guided his footsteps
for sure! now he knows who he is...and is so proud of his Ancestors and his
heritage..his foster sister has disowned him for finding his heritage...he
doesnt care...but it hurt at the time...david was not expected to amount to
much...but he fooled them all...he has a Masters degree in Library Science,
and two Bacholer degrees, in Geology, and History...he still has many health
problems but is very active in Indian issues..he considers himself as
Apache/Pueblo, and is so proud of his heritage..he is a real success story in
my eyes...to never give up trying to find your relatives! they are waiting and
willing to help you if you only ask..
Kris
"All things share the
same breath..the beast, the tree, the man; the air shares its spirit with all
the life it supports."
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