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To: DMaA who wrote (16887)	7/14/1998 4:07:00 PM
From: Bill	Respond to of 20981

As anybody who has travelled extensively outside the U.S. knows, this is one of the LEAST racist countries on the face of the planet. We're not yet where we want to be, but it's a far cry from Russia, Ukraine, Japan, China, Germany, et al.

To: DMaA who wrote (16887)	7/15/1998 8:34:00 AM
From: jlallen	Respond to of 20981

Well. I guess that says it all. JLA

To: DMaA who wrote (16887)	7/16/1998 9:43:00 AM
From: Zoltan!	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20981

July 16, 1998 The Part-Cherokee President By RICHARD WILLIAMS DENVER - In a televised panel discussion on race last week, President Clinton announced that he is part Cherokee -- his grandmother was a quarter Indian. That makes him one-sixteenth Indian. The news was as much a surprise to the two million Native Americans as it must have been to the Federal prosecutors who thought they knew everything about Clinton's personal life. Did we elect the first American Indian President and not even know it? Under some enrollment rules of the nation's 554 tribes, Clinton might qualify for membership. Of course, it's more complicated than that. Being an American Indian in the 1990's is always complicated. I believe President Clinton means well. Indeed, he said the nation must "fess up" to its history of mistreating Indians and do something about it. In fact, change is already under way in Indian country. Far from dying out, Indians are among the nation's fastest-growing populations. So long as the Government honors its commitments, tribes will determine their destinies like never before. In the past 30 years, for example, Indians have founded 30 colleges to provide renewal for the Americans who need it most. Now, if President Clinton, like many citizens, wishes to restore his Indian heritage, he should consult the Cherokee tribes -- the Eastern Band in North Carolina and the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma. Each has its own rules for membership based mostly on tracing the tribal status of ancestors. Belonging to a tribe, however, is about much more than a fraction of blood. (The Government actually forced this standard upon tribes.) It is about keeping traditions alive and being responsible for our people. The needs are so great that members cannot be "part Indian." That would be like my telling my children that I'm a part-time father. My tribe, the Oglala Lakota Sioux, describes our shared responsibility with the words "mitakuye oyasin." It means "we are all related." If Clinton would like to consider himself fully an Indian, we will open our arms and look forward to what our new relative can do for Indian America. Richard Williams is executive director of the American Indian College Fund. nytimes.com What next? Will be claim to be an Indian chief? Do you think he just can't help but lie? Didn't someone post that Clinton's atrributed father could not have been his actual father, making him a genuine "bastard"? Do you have that reference?