Hello, my fiance is Chippewa Cree Indian and his tribe is from Montana. He will be in prison until January of next year for posession of narcotics. I'm so glad that there is a forum for this and I hope that there is more natives out there. My man is so proud of his heritage and I am also part Navajo Indian too. I am so proud to be with a Native American!

Welcome Shelly! It's good to see another Native American here.

i'm not a native american myself (not even an american :)), but it's nice to see this forum here. i write with native american both on the inside as on the outside and i know they are given a really hard time... it'll be nice to see some more people on here

Hello all. I'm not Native American either. My friend is Lakota/objibwe/Cree and he has been on the inside for 19years. So, all issues concerning Native American prisoners interest me greatly. Hope we can all help each other in supporting them.

Both Stephanie and my self are registered CDIB card members of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, I am glad to see this forum!Steve&kids

Almost everytime we drive from Oklahoma into Texas to visit Stephanie we get pulled over because we have Cherokee Tags on our vehicle.Steve&kids

Hi my fiancee Terry is full blood as well He is half caddo and half Cheerokee Registered as a Caddo member. Glad to see this froum here.

Hi Shelly, I am Lakota-Cherokee. My man is full blood Ojibway. Glad to hear your man is getting out soon. Good luck to both of you. Up here in Canada more than 50 percent of inmates omcarcerated in the three prairie provinces are are Native. Well that is another story.. I am betting the same is close to the truth in the US. Shiningdrum

Nice to meet you. Actually, in California there's not a whole lot of Natives. My fiance hangs out with maybe 4 at the prison. The majority that is locked up here is probably hispanic and then whites.

Hi Shelly, nice to meet you too. I was actually referring to the prairie region of the US. The Dakotas etc. Of course, being up here it is difficult to know, I was just summizing. Love your little wavy guy by the way. Shiningdrum

Nice to meet you!

I grew up with a Chippewa/Cree family from Montana.

Is he from or near Rocky Boy Montana?

Yes, he sure is. How funny, what a small world. He still has cousins and uncles that live out there. He's going to take
me there when he gets out next year. That is too cool!

It's SOOOOO pretty up there. Last time I was there was to pick up the horses. They werent used to fences and when we got them back here, they proceded to walk through barbed wire fences 3 times :( heh

I'm sure you will love it! :)

Hello, everyone...

My man is part Cherokee... it comes from his Mother ( God rest her soul) and her side of the family.

On my mother's side, my Grandmother was Chippewa.

We are getting married (on the inside) next week!!!!!!!

We really wanted to have a Native American Ceremony, but the Istitution won't allow it:(

However, we will continue to study our heritage and do our best to uphold it in all other possible ways.

It's nice to see that there are other people who want to do the same.

-Michelle

Hello all,
I made a trip to Montana 3 or 4 years ago to deliver food blankets etc. to some Native families up there. One of my best friends was from Rocky Boy. He was a retired FBI agent. The story of "Thunderheart" was made into a movie.
He was full-blooded Chippewa and one of the most honorable men I ever knew. He passed on but the spirit of Thunderheart will always remain in his people!! He was a good teacher and a good leader.we miss him.Eagle's Dove

I am not Native but my hubby is part mohican.He is also related to Jesse and Frank James.Gee this explains a lot LOL:)!!

Hi there I am a full blooded Mohawk Indian and my tribe originates in upstate New York, but the reservation also includes the provinces of Ontario and Quebec which is Canada.

Most of the so-called 'hispanics' (I prefer the term Chicana/o as it reflects pride on our indigenous heritage) are Natives. It's a somewhat different culture, but the same brown eyes/skin and black hair, and the same history.

Blueviolet

Originally posted by silyme
Nice to meet you. Actually, in California there's not a whole lot of Natives. My fiance hangs out with maybe 4 at the prison. The majority that is locked up here is probably hispanic and then whites.

I an an unenrolled Cherokee on my mother's side (1/8 or 1/16, I don't remember anymore) and Mexica on my father's side and a whole bunch of Eurpoean ethnicities from both. I am a mutt :p

My man is a fullblood Native, half Ute and half Paiute, but he is enrolled with the Paiute tribe.

I'm glad to see this Native forum and other Mexican Natives on here!

Are there any Southern Paiutes in here? I would love to learn the language as it's my man's first language.

Blueviolet

Blueviolet, I just typed in paiute language online and got over 1500 hits back so go for it and be blessed as a Native sister!! Love the dove

pantherpaws, your love for our peolple and Joey makes you family, welcome aboard, it is good to know that you are a human being, aho!!love the dove cher/Catawba/eng

I am from rocky boy, its not all that its cracked up to be.

Hello, i just joined the group not to long ago and it was nice to see this forume. My brother is in prison in deer lodge montana and we are both from rocky boy. It was nice to see other people that are from the same place!!

hey, this is such a trip to see so many other people on here from rocky boy. my husband is from rocky boy, well all his family is from there and he is enrolled but he mostly lived in great falls. he is currently in locked up in the state of maryland we have been living here for about two years now and we never even meet other native americans much less someone from rocky boy.

Hi.. I'm an unenrolled Chippewa and I have some Obijwa blood in me.. I want to find *ALL* information I can regarding these 2 and any other tribes. Cuz I've missed an opportunity to learn their way of life and to be enrolled due to a death in the family. Because when a person dies, my family left it to be unspoken. Argh... :( Help me?