Well, yeah. I, too, am part Cherokee and part Scot. The cherokee is quite diluted, but not within me, I have native american abilities that no one taught me... I cannot belong to the tribe because the white man made the indian women back then to change their names to European names... and right then was the Trail of Tears... all we have is oral history until we can find her tribal name... and that is more difficult with each passing decade.

I used to check Native American but then realized that if the tribe does not accept me yet, then I shouldn't. I have checked other just out of frustration.

For the reasons of my own past, I do not support inter-cultural marriages. I don't even want the Eskimos to marry non Eskimos... it cause so many identity problems... plus, the world loses the culture! But that's a moot point now, with this one-world mentality.

You are who you find yourself as: don't let governments decide for you! If you can, DO become recognized by the tribe, that will only help you anyway, since you identify with them. You might as well get some benefits for it! (But only for legal purposes, otherwise, why use any background for gain like such?)

I love being part Scot also... my last name has mystery to it's origin and links to places in history... small history to me... but...

I often tell ppl that I'm a considerate person usually... (the Cherokee in me, thoughtful insightful and mystical) but don't get me angry because both the Cherokee and Scotch know how to do that sooooooo well! LOL

Noone will ever tell me I am not native american. Just because the government messed the records up... I have the oral history, and that is what they had long before we had books! I used to have contact with the tribe (Eastern Band) and even had some letters published in their newspaper. Sigh. I have studied the language... alas it does me no good until I can "prove to them'? ... I am still who I am ... sigh.

We are almost all interracial in the USA... most everyone came from someplace else... so it is common and not a good indicator of society as a whole, IMO