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Reservation Road (2007)
IMDB rating: 7.30
Plot: On a warm September evening, college professor Ethan Learner, his wife Grace, and their daughter Emma are attending a recital. Their 10-year-old son Josh is playing cello — beautifully, as usual. His younger sister looks up to him, and his parents are proud of their son. On the way home, they all stop at a gas station on Reservation Road. There, in one terrible instant, he is taken from them forever. On a warm September evening, law associate Dwight Arno and his 11-year-old son Lucas are attending a baseball game. Their favorite team, the Red Sox, is playing - and, hopefully, heading for the World Series. Dwight cherishes his time spent with Lucas. Driving his son back to his ex-wife, Lucas’ mother Ruth Wheldon, Dwight heads towards his fateful encounter at Reservation Road. The accident happens so fast that Lucas is all but unaware, while Ethan — the only witness — is all too aware, as a panicked Dwight speeds away. The police are called, and an investigation begins. Haunted by the tragedy, both fathers react in unexpected ways, as do Grace and Emma. As a reckoning looms, the two fathers are forced to make the hardest choices of their lives.
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How much Native American blood makes you Native American?
I’ve heard people argue this a MILLION times. What makes you Native??? Is it holding a certain blood quantum (if so what is the quantum)? Is it being tribally enrolled? Is it the "one drop" rule? Is it have the "red road" in your heart regardless of ethnicity? So basically, what makes you consider someone Native American???
On a side note:
Personally I’m 1/2 Native, 1/2 white. I have my CDIB, I’m tribally enrolled, and I was born and raised on my tribes reservation. In my opinion to be considered Native you have to be at least 1/4th Native AND be enrolled in your tribe. But when people ask me what my race is I say Native and White, because I am MIXED and I don’t believe just since I was raised Native I can completely dismiss my white ancestry. And one thing I can’t stand is when people tell me they’re 1/8th Native American but are 100% in heart, I think its stupid. Just because I feel 100% Japanese at heart, I’m not going to become 100% Japanese.
Yes I am 50% Native American. Legally by the United States I am 50% and by a DNA test my father took 2-3 years ago he is completely 100% Native American.
For me, being Native is a "package" deal — Blood quantum is a necessity, tribal enrollment is strongly preferred, and how one was raised and having some knowledge and allegiance to tribal traditions is important. How those things weigh out will vary differently with each person.
Generally I do believe 1/4 is the minimum Native blood a person can have and still remain connected to their tribal traditions. Anything less than 1/4 is sketchy… So for me it’s a big fat NO on the ‘one drop rule.’ Some tribes are descendancy tribes and, while I may not agree, it is the tribe’s choice on who they consider one of their own. That being said, IMO, an enrolled Navajo ‘weighs more’ than an enrolled Cherokee. ;o) Some people with blood quantums 1/4 or higher are not enrolled as they don’t meet the enrollment requirements for any of the tribes they descend from. I still consider these people Native as both of their parents are likely Native or one of their parents is half or more. There’s a lot to be said for having relationships with higher blood quantum family members for those with lesser blood quantums or who are unenrolled. Where a person is raised plays into it but kids have no choice in where/how they’re raised. Still, if their parents/family live in town or don’t return home on a regular basis, the likelihood that the child will grow up with a strong Native upbringing is poor. The "red road" is a funny thing. You can be Xtian and still be Native, full blood even. A person’s belief system does not take away from their Native-ness nor does it add to it. A person with an "NDN heart" is probably a good person but having an ‘NDN heart’ does not make them an NDN.
So, yeah, a package deal that can weigh out differently here and there will determine whether or not I consider a person to be Native or not.
This flowchart is pretty funny and about sums it up for me. :o)
http://www.powwows.com/gathering/native- life/53611-indian-flow-chart.html
Brings Light | Feb 01, 2010
u look asian
to answer your question i will say at 1/2 to say "I’m native". but I would say if u are even 1/16 u can say " I am part"..u know?
Are u sure u are half native though. I notice people say they are half something, when their parent was never 100% to begin with
EDIT:
Okay I believe u. You know what I mean I’m sure. How white people will say "yeah my Grandma was full blooded Native, but when you see pictures, it is really a white woman. lol
My great Grandma was Arawak from Jamaica, but she was not full.
Stank | Feb 01, 2010
100%
DANNY: Suspended #8 | Feb 01, 2010
If you look Native and maybe if you were raised like one, with the culture and stuff like that.
-b166er- | Feb 01, 2010
It depends…what does the government "require"? 25%
….what does society say "one drop" (or maybe the rules are different for First Nation folks than black folks- it’s all really quite ridiculous)
…what do you say?….that’s what matters.
Mr. Man is 1/4 First Nation but does not identify with anything other than his Gramma’s lemon grass and some pow wows as a child.
Our son, less than 1/4 by blood- but when he is at a First Nation event- he’s "there". People welcome him as one of their own. I guess that is more like the red road in his heart.
DM | Feb 01, 2010
Thank you. I’m tired of hearing about these people who claim they’re "1/16th" (there was a girl here who actually did say that) or simply say my "great-grandmother is part cherokee" why is it always cherokee?
Forget the tribal enrollment, many natives here believe that someone enrolled in a tribe is on the same footing as the full natives. No, because many tribes accept those who have about 6% NA ancestry which is nothing. That is utterly ridiculous, would we say that a black person who is 6% white ancestry is ‘white’? No so why do we treat this issue differently? I don’t care if a white person has tribe enrollment card, they are not native american. Even if they "feel" 100% native american and love the culture. I love Italian culture and know some Italian but it doesn’t make me Italian.
I agree with you. It should be AT LEAST 25% after that then it does not matter. Usually, a person only displays the traits of a race when they have above 20% so it seems dumb for a lily white person with auburn hair and colored eyes to say they’re 6% or 1/8 Native American. For someone to be considered native american they would have to have some features of that race. I don’t know why this is even a question. How can someone be native american if they don’t have any of the features? It doesn’t make sense to me.
cynical | Feb 01, 2010
its not blood quantum. that is a government imposed method of pencil genocide.
the ONLY people who have the right to define who is native are native people themselves, therefore if you are claimed by a native nation as one of their own, then you are native. i may not like them, i might think they are nothing more than nose bleed ndns, but to honor the sovereignty of the nation that claims them, i will consider them to be ndn.
its not just enrollment. for instance, david yeagley is enrolled in the comanche nation (rightly or not) but they turn their backs on him all the time. none of them will claim him, so is he native just because he has a card? i’ll honor that nation’s decision as well.
Kanien:kaha'ka-[]-[]-^-[]-[] | Feb 01, 2010
I agree with your view of being considered Native if you have at least 1/4th blood and are enrolled. But I think there are also so gray areas to that. My cousins kids are not enrolled because, even though they are full blood Native, their blood comes from several different tribes resulting in their inability to be enrolled. By blood quantum and by culture, they are Native, but not recognized federally. Also, I know a few "apples" who are enrolled, but I wouldn’t consider them Native anymore than they would consider themselves Native. They choose to not to identify with being Native, so why should I say otherwise.
Myself, I am half Potawatomi (enrolled), half white, as are both of my brothers. I am the lightest of the bunch looking more like my dad. Growing up, I was often asked if I was adopted because they look so much like my mom, but we share both parents. To look at me, you know I am mixed- I have light hair, skin and eyes. I identify as Native because well, that’s who I am. Maybe because I have always been accepted by my family and community, regardless of my light features, I have never questioned it. We live in a Native community on trust land, we raise our kids with traditional ways (NAC too, cuz that’s what my husband’s family is) I speak some of my language, my kids learn their fathers language (Ho-Chunk), I know where I come from and who my family is. It’s no secret I am mixed, but I don’t live white either.
Maybe my view is wrong, but I think that being part of Native culture plays a role in who I consider Native American, not just blood quantum. As for the people who lack both quantum and cultural ties, I do not consider them Native regardless of how much they feel they are Native in their heart. I don’t know why they claim to be something they are not.
Just checked out Brings Light’s flow chart link!!!!!!!!! lmao
Sarah | Feb 01, 2010
For me, Appearance, Blood Quantum or Federal Recognition has little influence on who is Native.
Blood quantum is an American measure. So I don’t pay much attention to it. In Canada second generation children of Non-Native marriages are not considered
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