[Riverman94610]

"He was Tsalagagiyi because he LIVED Tsalagagiyi"
And thats how it SHOULD be!
Thanks for the knowledge,stand.

[stand watie]

you're WELCOME!

i don't know if it comes through clearly in my posts on this subject or not, but i'm BOTH distressed & shamed by this NONSENSE, which has been pushed by the "tribal BIG-shots".

imVho, the "BIG-shots" are a HUMILIATION to everything that it means to BE Tsalagiyi/"Cherokee".

free dixie,sw

[stand watie]

btw, ward churchill is NOT Tsalagiyi, because he SAYS he IS Tsalagiyi, but does not LIVE Tsalagiyi. SAYING & BEING are NOT the same!!!

"in the olden days" a person who wished to BE Tsalagiyi (as a portion of BECOMING an adoptee, during the ceremony) used to say:

"i truly regret that i was not born a Tsalagiyi, and feel myself to be UNWORTHY to be so, nonetheless i, humbling myself before each of you,state the desire to BECOME one with the people."

free dixie,sw