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yuiyoshida

(43,221 posts)
7. Well gee,
Sun Nov 29, 2015, 07:03 AM
Nov 2015

I never said I wasn't and it wasn't my question. If you are Choctaw you are a first american. I am part Native Hawaiian... my ancestors on my mothers side of the family were Polynesians or pacific Islanders who came to an island that was created by fire and lava, out in the middle of the pacific and settled there. We didn't become apart of your America until 1959..but I am not sure we would be considered first Americans, though we were indigenous people. I was curious how we came down in that category.

In reality its not important, I suppose. Its not like I am looking for any kind of special compensation, and I think I may have found my answer:

According to the U.S. Census Bureau report for 2000, there are 401,162 people who identified themselves as being "Native Hawaiian" alone or in any combination, but they are not considered Native Americans. 140,652 people identified themselves as being "Native Hawaiian" alone. The majority of Native Hawaiians reside in State of Hawaiʻi and the American Southwest. Two-thirds live in the State of Hawaii while the other one-third is scattered among other states, with a high concentration in California.

There is some controversy as to whether or not native Hawaiians should be considered in the same light as Native Americans.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Hawaiians

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A part is two words. roody Nov 2015 #1
fixed it yuiyoshida Nov 2015 #2
It depends on 2naSalit Nov 2015 #3
my grandmother yuiyoshida Nov 2015 #5
Interesting 2naSalit Nov 2015 #9
tons of information on the internet. real history, revisionist history, all sort of views. I do not msongs Nov 2015 #4
You were born in San Francisco so you are an American. Juicy_Bellows Nov 2015 #6
Well gee, yuiyoshida Nov 2015 #7
Full admission - I was drunk! Sorry about the derailment. nt. Juicy_Bellows Nov 2015 #11
ahh... yuiyoshida Nov 2015 #13
Thanks - your post was/is important and I barged in all drunk like. Juicy_Bellows Nov 2015 #14
dun worry about it yuiyoshida Nov 2015 #15
Long term guilt? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2015 #8
I was pretty drunk when I typed that last nigt - truth be told. Juicy_Bellows Nov 2015 #10
Well, I only ever say it when I'm overseas or online on a non-American site or server. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2015 #12
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