If you took a baby out of a tribe in say Papau New Guinea who's fathers were hunters, and brought him to New York and tested him against a baby from Manhattan would the tribe baby have a more natural ability? How? Even though he was never trained to hunt?
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No... that's Linnaean genetics, which believed that characteristics acquired in life were passed down.  For example, a giraffe that stretched its neck to eat higher leaves would have babies with longer necks.\nA hunter-gatherer society may carry a higher percentage of genetics that make for people with faster reflexes and better senses (fewer people needing glasses, etc.) due to the pressures of having to hunt.  If you had faulty genes (like me) you would starve before having kids.  So the hunter with great eyesight would have more kids and more influence on the genetics of the group.\nSo comparing the average tribal baby to the average New Yorker baby, the tribal baby may have better reflexes, but its not because its father was trained to hunt.
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I am Cherokee, and I use to be a Preschool teacher. I have raised 4 children of my own. I am sensitive to how people use the Native ways to their own pleasure...the ti pi( our i's are ee's) thing is ok...but sit them down and share with them Native American Sites on your computer. There are many...just go to search and look for anything Native American...The more our young ones learn ...the better. You will do us proud too by doing this. Teach them the good in us. I think it might even be harmful if you did not let your child take part in this. Maybe you could suggest nice indian stories/and research how to make Native American recipes to share. Invite a Native American to come and share their story/life style with the children and Indian games. All these can be found on the internet..get busy...\ndo na da go hv i(doe-nah-dah-go-huh-ee)...til we meet again
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Who lives like they used to?  How many grandmothers still go to a creek to fetch the day's water here in America?\n\nSome Native Americans live on reservations and many don't; others have chosen varying degrees of assimilation. \n\nIt's unlikely that any entire group speaks with one voice,  except that they may be unified in wanting non-indigenous people to leave the Americas.  Then perhaps the first of them that arrived across the land bridge will want the second group that arrived that way to leave, too.\n\nProbably there is enough reservation land to accommodate those who would like to live like they used to; they could choose environmental policies to foster herds of bison, and streams full of fish and assume the ways of their ancestors.\n\nI am 1/8 Indian, my children are 1/4.  We only found out after the deaths of our parents on both sides. Obviously, assimilation took place many years ago, and while we might like to experience some of what our ancestors did to live, it would not be forever.
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to "new": yes, you are cool. but would you please go back to your home and ask your grandfather why your forefathers left home, came to this country and stayed in this country? did they miss HOME? let's suppose you are not american indian and your grandfather still exists.
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I am so so sorry for you loss.\nSeriously, there is nothing you can do legally.  Why the hell are they letting that baby killer out of jail?\nDoes he hunt?  Maybe you could take up hunting too and he could have an unfortunate accident.
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I want to know who are any of you to judge this person. I bet if we followed you'd have some issues also. The first person who posted is right. And just so you know smartass a baby is not automatically born with HIV if the mother has it.
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My ancestors were cave men.\n \nI can prove it too, I have hair on my back.\n \nAnd my wife sometimes calls me a knuckle dragger!\n\nNow, Would all of you Non-furry types get off my land ?????\n\n Gee bunt, It looks like you are getting irritated because unlike you claim, most of the people here can trace their roots. Kinda knocks the wind out of you sail doesn it.\n\nI did give you a smart arse answer, and I thought about being serious and giving you a real answer, but you don't deserve one, and here is why.\nBecause I think that most here have already tried to explaine to a few of the knuckleheads here that we are not all immigrants. Being an immigrant is not hereditary, it can't be passed from generation to generation. if a person was born here, that person is a citizen, period. Get it?
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I noticed that you did'nt mention a specific tribe.\nDifferent tribes have different dances.\nDifferent tribes have different beliefs.\n\nYou got to be more specific.\n\nAs to the person that answered previously:\nAnybody with common sense would know this.
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I have heard of a lot of sightings in thePacific North West especially Washington state. Proof ?  do you think there are that many crazy people out there ? I mean there are huge numbers of people who claim to have sightings and they say there is some evidence. in the south he is called Skunk Ape. think about this. we know that Pigeons have babies but have you ever seen one ? my family all hunt hike and do a lot of other outdoor sports but we have never seen a cougar either. that doesn't mean they don't exist.
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No more than any other earth dwelling human. Where does it say Caine turned black or anything else? It just says a mark was put on him so he in turn wouldn't be murdered. Nobody got tricked into coming to America. Most came out of desperation. Black people were literally forced.  Don't put the blame on your friend, look these things up. And don't listen to friends who give you bad advice. ( Yada - yada - yada. )
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I thought it was because of Virginia Dare.  The first English baby born in "The New World".  I may be completely wrong though.
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What i think is funny is that a large portion of the people who claim Cherokee, claim that their great grandmother was a Cherokee princess. Okay, if your Cherokee and telling the truth, FINE, BUT there was no such thing as royalty in the indigenous nations back in the day...yes there were chiefs...but the false label of "_____ Princess" actually came from when the beautiful young indigenous females that were shipped to "the old world" and forced to slavery within royal family homes...BUT...anybody who did not hold a royal title was not allowed into these homes, so these poor frightened girls were given the titles of "princess" so they could legally enter these estates to slave away;they were usually discarded after age overcame their ability to slave...so only the stories were returned, never the "princesses"...little off the subject, but i wanted to share that fun fact ;)
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I believe I can help here...I recently read a story from Kevin Sites Hot Zone web that told a story about Haitians who eat "mud pies".  The two links below give the original story, AND the blog that resulted from the overwhelming interest in it.  I hope this helps you understand a bit better.\n\nIf you read the entire blog (the second link), you'll see that there are references to Kenya and the tradition of eating "dirt".
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Im Chickahominy from Eastern Va and my tribe spoke Chickahominy for over 8 thosand years.  We no longer do, but we still incorporate more native worlds in our language than most other English speakers.\n\nAlso my tribe, my grandparents and even our current chief have insisted that we were the first tribe that the Europeans came in contact with when the landed in East Va.  They tell us that Powhatan (Wahunsonacock) was our chief (they called him Powhatan cause they couldn't say is name).  I dont know how true it is.  But if so, this means Chickahominy was the first language that many of the new Brittish in America learned to speak.  However, the Pumunkey's (our bothering neighbors) also say Powhatan was their chief, so who knows.\n\nI asked my older sister, she said that we (us & the Pumunkeys were once the same tribe)\n\nI hope this helps!
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Do you have Native American backround? A full rundown of tribal membership arcana would fill several volumes, as each of the nation's 562 federally recognized tribes has its own rules, typically outlined in their respective constitutions. In general, however, tribes use either the blood quantum system or the descent system. The former approach uses an ancestry threshold to determine an applicant's fitness for membership. Many tribes require that aspirants possess a certain degree, or percentage, of the relevant "Indian blood," in addition to satisfying a few other ancestry requirements. The Nez Perce, for example, will grant membership only to those "who are at least one fourth degree Nez Perce Indian ancestry born to a member of the Nez Perce Tribe." So, an applicant with one biological parent who was half Nez Perce by blood, as well as a tribal member, would have a good shot at making the rolls, too.\n\nTo determine blood quantum, many tribes ask applicants to obtain a Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood, issued by the BIA. Those seeking a CDIB must provide the government with primary sources, such as birth certificates and marriage records, to prove their level of Native American ancestry. The CDIB, or "white card," then lists the precise percentage of the bearer's blood that is Indian. If the required threshold is met, the hopeful can then apply directly to a tribe using the blood quantum system.\n\nYou can also get information from the DOI - indian ancestry see link below \n\nLet me see your papers. Yawwnn. Zzzzzzz.
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He is related to the Founders.  It is explained in the Series.  It does make for an interesting nature vs nurture debate.
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the Pharaohs lived a thousand years before the Royal Family(brittish)is that who we are talking about.???????????\nyour question does not maker sense or i must be dense\nexept that they probably are of the same genetics blood line ,from the Anunaki ,Royal blood ,RH Negative\nand it it the Blood that rules