(not sure of that spelling,) and she was named after an ancestor named Thibideaux Flowers. Grandma was from Virginia, but I always got the impression the Thibideaux name was from farther south. I think I must have imagined it was New Orleans.

Other than that, which I'm sure they viewed as somewhat exotic, whenever you asked her or her husband "where is your family from?" they'd say, "America," or, if you persisted, you might get them to say, "Virginia." One of my cousins tried to do a family tree but found the records lacking. They were a a middle class family, just barely hanging on to the lower rung.

So, there you have it both more and less information than you requested.

My great great grandmother (daughter of the man's picture I posted below) said in almost all records she appears that she was born in "The United States". Period.

Seems she was Cherokee from Georgia and ended up in Arkansas (a removal dare I suggest?). Many of the Cherokee were from Virginia as well. Maybe this is where she really from?

Many ended up in the south like my mother. Seems her real mother was living in New Orleans all of those years she looked for her. She was married to a man whose family had lived in the French Quarter of New Orleans for many years.

Just a guess is all. So difficult to find out the truth about any of it eh?

is where I'm registered. My maternal grandmother said we are Delaware. She was born on a reservation in Iowa in 1912. My paternal grandfather was born on a Cherokee reservation in Oklahoma in 1881, but we can't locate documentation.

Tribal census for the Five "Civilized" Tribes in Oklahoma from 1898-1903. With a listing on the rolls and birth certificates you can establish Tribal membership. http://www.archives.gov/research/native-americans/dawes/intro.html


Member of the Cherokee Nation

I live in OK now, not far from the Cherokee nation, and several others.

I saw that thread in pets, man do you and your SO have a menagerie! That move must have been quite an experience.

I put up a bird feeder recently, there have always been lots of birds in north central phx where I live but a couple years ago a large (15-20) group of peach faced lovebirds moved into a stand of mexican fan palms on the next street over. So far one pair have stopped by my feeder.

I researched them a little and it turns out that years ago several captive birds escaped in the mesa area I think and since then their range has expanded across parts of the valley. They are originally from western africa and have adapted well to the phx area. They are fast flyers and very noisy and don't seem put off by larger and more aggressive birds. They are very social, I always see them in groups when I am out doing my daily dog walk.

The move to New Orleans was worse because we had even more pets than we did when we returned to Oklahoma. But NOLA was really interesting and I loved it, except everything was so expensive. I also learned much about the Native American influence there, especially in the French Quarter. I had no clue.

When I returned to OK, we had been told about an eagle rescue in the area. Well, they had planned to release them in Montana, I think, except 200 of them escaped and now live here in NE Oklahoma! I have to keep a close eye on the puppies when they are out. We also have bunnies in the backyard (wild, not pets).

My sister lives in Tucson, way out in the sticks, her back yard is basically the desert, there are so many jackrabbits and javelinas around that she can't plant anything without it being eaten, especially flowers.

I have seen hawks and falcons in the wild but never an eagle.

Here is the one decent pic I have gotten so far of the lovebirds (they are looking at me because I just walked outside of the sun room to take the pic):

have you had much of a culture shock, in terms of what you are use to, compared to living in Ok? I'm not that far from Cherokee Nation either, I actually use their IHS.

eta:to change "to" to "not"

Before my partner and I moved to New Orleans, we lived here. He is orginally from Oklahoma, and until NOLA, he'd never lived anywhere else. I, on the other hand, have lived in 11 states and 21 different cities.

albeit 3 generations back.

My mother was adopted. I recently found out who she was (she was adopted by a Cherokee/Choctaw lady and her husband c. 1920 or so).

My mother had quite the history. Sad she never knew it.

Here is a picture of my great great great grandfather that was born in Georgia in 1810 before the removals took place.



He was apparently kind of famous. There is a plaque in Georgia on a bridge with his name on it.

I'm trying to find out if I qualify for citizenship in the Choctaw Nation.

Osiyo!

Hello Haida:
I was in your beautiful Alaska last year. I am dying to come back!! It is so very beautiful! Hopefully before I go again I will have had a chance to visit with you more and to find a friend when I come again, which will hopefully be next July.

I am registered with Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. I just joined this DU group today. I have a major issue I was hoping to find help from other Native Americans with and happened upon your post. I meant what I said above. I would love a friend in Alaska.

I don't know the proper protacal but hope all Native Americans on this site will help me and other members of tribes living in Florida not Seminole. They won't let me post my own thread here being new. As of 7-1-12, the Seminole Tribe of Florida will no longer treat Native Americans outside of their own tribe for chronic conditions. Diabetes is a chronic condition we as Native Americans all are prone to. They are leaving the rest of us in the cold.
Their fax Connie Whidden Health Director 954-985-8456 address 3006 Josie Billie Ave. Hollywood, Fl. 33024

Again, forgive me if I trespassed a bit on your thread. But I am in tears, I need my fellow Native Americans help. I relied on all my medical through the Seminole clinic. I live in Florida, I can't go home to my Choctaw Tribe in Oklahoma to receive care. I am no longer insurable because of diabetes. The govt uninsurable plan too expensive $370.00 per month for one person. Usually it is the govt. that has hurt the Indian, this time it is a Indian Group. This new condition will affect all tribal members living in Florida, not Seminole

i am Lac Du Flambeau ojibwe from wisconsin.

hello, welcome, and goodbye. similar to "alohá"

i am a descendent of coastal chumash on my dad's side. my great grandpa gave my sister and i chumash names.

when i was very little i used to stand on the cliffs over the ocean and look across to the channel islands, point and say "hawaii"...come to find out after all these years that there indeed is polynesian dna in our blood.

now, how did i know this, much less, the name "hawaii"? our world is smaller than we think!

i borrow this from my relatives to the north: mitakuye oyasin!

in a good way,
chi-vy

and welcome to DU.

I am Nuhndta Nooch (Ute, Northern) from the Uintah and Ouray Reservation in eastern Utah. Currently, and temporarily living in the Bay Area of Northern California while I finish grad school.