I remember thinking how outrageous and crazy that woman must be when that story first surfaced, but now, several years down the road, it actually seems somewhat tame. Shows how much society has changed in the past decade.
i always found accounts like this amazing..... being half navajo and even born on the reservation never got me any jobs or special consideration in school..... in fact it actually did me more harm than good.... when i first joined my new family i badly wanted to be officially adopted by them but my mom.... working from prison... managed to use an archaic u.s. law that forbade the adoption of native american children by non-native americans... specifically whites or other european races... to prevent it.... then i discovered years later that due to the way she registered my birth i was not even an officially registered member of the tribe...
Are you able to get registered yourself now that you’re an adult?
i had the opportunity to apply back then when i first discovered i wasn;t registered.... ..but i was so disgusted by that and other things happening at the time that i refused it.... now i;m not even sure i want it.... but i did do the other thing i was prevented from as a child - after i became an adult.... i became officially adopted by the family i have been with all these years...
That’s awesome! Glad you were able to get that accomplished.i became officially adopted by the family i have been with all these years...
