I am more than my skin
Lisa Gullion, Nocross, GA. I only look white, I am a high percent of Cherokee (whom were murdered by the dozens for land), I am...
I’m American – where’s my checkbox?
Blair White Haddad, Los Angeles, CA. Being the child of an adopted mother, for a long time I only knew half of my genetic make...
You can’t be in a tribe
Hallie Davis, Helena, MT. I’ve been told over and over that I am to white to be a Native American. To white to be in...
Red on outside, but White on inside
Shelly Watson, Bethel Acres, OK. When I was a teenager, other American Indians used to call me Apple.
Lucky, at least you look white.
Jacob Augare, Kansas City, MO. Words from my Blackfeet, Native American father from the Piikani Nation.
Blue Eyed Blonde Haired Native American
Bethany Longstreth, California, PA. I’m so pale, but being Native American is an important part of my history. I don’t think that people should not...
Red skin. Reservation. Relegated. Re-appropriated. Reimagined. Resolute.
Faith Roessel, Bethesda, MD. Georgetown Day I am Navajo Indian, born and raised on the Navajo Nation in Arizona. I now live in the “bubble”...
White. Wish I had a culture.
Jan Spooner, Tucson, AZ. As a white American, I don’t have a strong feeling of culture. My African American, Jewish, Native American and Hispanic friends...
You don’t look Native you’re white
Kaylin Jorgensen, St.Paul, MN. I chose these words on more of a personal level but, a lot of people do not believe me when I...
“You’re Mexican???? I’d still date you”
Gianna Gonzalez Roland, OK ………………excuse me? I was talking to a guy I liked when he asked me if I was Native American. I told...
Are you black? You look so …
Nicole Collins Bronzan Rahway, NJ I’m a mutt — black, Native America, Irish, you name it — raised all over the world as a military...
White people will never play fair.
Gill Moore Fishers, IN Ask a Native American–IF you can find one.
Adopted. Closed Record. You tell me.
Melanie Randolph Longview, WA I really knew nothing about my heritage until I was 44 and chose to research my birth family. It’s weird to...
Native American, but always called white.
Lateshia Locklear-Theroux Rock Hill, SC All my life I have called white. Even growing up in my tribal community (Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina) I...
Not White But My Skin Is.
Johnny Vae South Korea Sometimes it sucks to be a “white” male. Especially when you’re ethnically 1/4 Native American, which I’m told means I’m more...
So you must be Native American
Jamie Ann Kerestes Albuquerque, NM There are so many instances when I hear people say the craziest things about others, mainly immigrants. It’s like they’ve...
My kids mark Navajo not Caucasian
Ginee Scarbough St. Johns, AZ In this crazy world where being white is a bad thing, my mix raced hubby and mix race children mark...
