That handle doesn't strike me as a good ol' Florida cracker. Hell, it doesn't even strike me as American.
“Hell, it doesn’t even strike me as American.”
Didn’t you get the memo? : We’re doing away with Americans.
“Hell, it doesn’t even strike me as American.”
Names can be deceiving. there is a supreme court case in the early 2000’s of the US versus Lara concerning acts of a Sioux tribe person. His name was Billy Joe.
Many American Indian tribes ate dog. Famous explorers Lewis & Clark documented the consumption of dog meat across the continent in their 1803-06 expedition. When their own supply of dog meat ran low they acquired more from the Paiutes, Wah-clel-lah, Clatsop, Teton Sioux, Nez Perce, and the Hidatsas. Though Lewis and his crew had no problems with eating dogs, Clark refused it. The Aztec Empire bred the Mexican Hairless Dog for, among other things, consumption. The Kickapoo (in present day Texas, Olkahoma, Kansas, and Mexico) eat dog meat during festivals honoring their chief diety Kizihiat. The kickapoos today also serve dog at the New Year clan festivals, at the Buffalo naming ceremony, and at individual ceremonies. So it’s not an uncommon practice even today.
So, concerning this case, I can’t find anything identifying him as a member of any tribe. But he may have been doing what other tribes have practiced in American history even before the Europeans arrived and brought their laws with them.
rwood