"Of the 1,500 university educators listed as Native American at the time, said Bill Cross, who helped found the American Indian/Alaska Native Professors Association, 'we're looking realistically at one-third of those being Indians.'"https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/25/magazine/cherokee-native-american-andrea-smith.html …
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Replying to @notjessewalker
I always thought it's striking that white Americans were more likely to claim Native ancestry than Black ancestry, although surely Black ancestry is more common. But maybe that's changing.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
The figure who embodies the contrasting approaches is Asa "Little Tree" Carter.
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As for why it's been that way: I'm sure there's a bunch of different reasons, but I think a big one is that a lot of whites mentally relegate Natives to a romantic past.
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Replying to @notjessewalker
Yes, exactly. Having a Native ancestor shows how deep your roots in America are. It's better than being a Mayflower family!
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