Posted on 05/16/2012 7:19:02 AM PDT by BenLurkin
No, I don’t even remember his name. It was too long ago, but he was so good looking and the first Indian that I had ever met, that I never forgot him.
I think the last time I saw a news article on eye color there were 15 different genes involved, and each of them may affect the deposition of pigment ~ and there are TWO KINDS OF PIGMENT. There's your standard black-brown pigment. About 6.7 billion people have that kind. Color varies by density of pigment in which layers of the eye, and there are several lawyers, and age can make a difference.
Then, there's your very special red-yellow pigment. About 300 million people have that kind. That's where color just goes crazy, particularly if the individual also has some black-brown pigment.
Indians are descended from East Asian people who seem to have gotten here in a number of ways over the last 18,000 years. All it takes is one guy with a clear retina, clear iris, clear lens, and maybe some other clear stuff and he can create a one man cascade event where you end up with blue eyed people just all over the place.
Knowing that all North American Indians have some Sa'ami ancestry (from maybe 24,000 years back), or Yakuts/Sakha (from maybe 5,000 years back, maybe even more recent) the probability of finding a clear eyed Indian (which looks blue or gray) is exceedingly high.
White folks aren't the only blue eyes on the planet. Check this dog: http://www.google.com/search?q=blue+eyed+husky&hl=en&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=aNmzT7iVOais2gXr4rHpCA&ved=0CHcQsAQ&biw=1106&bih=547
Just get a loan through an American Indian loan company. Anyone ever see the commercials? They will lend you five grand at 118% interest! Such a deal!
A definite possibility. However, the could also limit its ruling to this particular tribe. Or others sharing similar characteristics. See my post #18.
There are a number of small tribes located in California who were recognized for reasons of sheer political expediency. Most of them you would never have heard of even if you are somewhat well versed in Native American cultures, as am I.
As just one example, you will find a giant gas station/retail/casino/hotel/ luxury resort establishment off I-10 just 30 or so miles west of Palm Springs, California. No disrespect intended to that tribe. In fact, I take my hat off to them for running a successful thriving business and knowing how to work the system so the government leaves them alone. But they have a handful of tribal members and no history of treaties with the United States to give them the sovereign status which they enjoy.
I think it would be nice if just about everybody could swing such a deal. Including paleface tribes. Then federalista jurisdiction could be limited to just the non-self sustaining portion of our drone population.
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Yeah, but brown eyes are genetically dominant.
This is not a new phenomenon. During slavery days, the Cherokees in Oklahoma were quite welcoming to plantation escapees. Many of them have mixed negroid and indian features.
Four generations later - when the $$s started flowing in - all of a sudden things weren’t so cozy anymore.
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