Native Americans have a unique relationship with the United States because they may be members of nations, tribes, or bands who have sovereignty or independence from the government of the United States. Native Americans are composed of numerous, nations, tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as intact political communities. This subject alone has been the basis of many papers, articles, books, and academic Master and Ph.D. Some prefer “Native American” while others want the term “American Indian” and still different parts of the population prefer other terms, words, or phrases. The term “Native American” itself brings controversy. “ What is a Native American?” is more a matter of time and place of where The Creator formed The People. Therefore we could say that “What is Native American” is not a question of race. This may seem to be the case whether one is a staunch believer in science or a strict believer in an all-powerful Creator. So it can be argued then that race is visceral especially if one believes that humans are all related and there is only one race – HUMAN. There are examples of so-called Full Blood Indians that have both BIA and CDIB cards and a family tree of Native American Blood dating back hundreds of years that have had the DNA test to show that they are only 30% – 40% Native American and the other 60% – 70% was a mix of European, African and Asian DNA. There are literally thousands of similar stories. From a person who has been told and believed they are “African American” that does the test and finds they are mostly Indo-European, Native American and Asian and 0% Black to a Native American who believes they are a Full Blooded Indian and finds they are mostly Indo-European, Native American and Black. The DNA test has shocked many people of all races. What some fail to realize is that the DNA test results will show “markers” usually in the percentage of certain biological traits associated with a certain race. Using DNA testing to determine if one is Native American is a rather heated debate. This comes from the continuous argument on what is race and how many races there are. The fact that DNA Testing can give results of one’s race has always been a debate.
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