So, my cousin mass emails everyone in the family about a birth in the family.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Native American Royalty (wut)

Basically that means the chief and his family.

I learned this when trying to research my family history and what had been passed on was that my great(x4, I think) grandmother was a NA princess.

Those chiefs really got around, because everyone I know (except Nigel) who has NA blood is apparently descended from a chief.  Also, I was under the impression that chieftainship in most NA nations was not hereditary.

[Don Coyote]

Native American Royalty (wut)

Basically that means the chief and his family.

I learned this when trying to research my family history and what had been passed on was that my great(x4, I think) grandmother was a NA princess.

Wasn't there generally a war chief, a camp chief, a medicine chief...

LOL white people. 

So I heard that all NA groups were organized the same way.

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

Native American Royalty (wut)

Basically that means the chief and his family.

I learned this when trying to research my family history and what had been passed on was that my great(x4, I think) grandmother was a NA princess.

Wasn't there generally a war chief, a camp chief, a medicine chief...

LOL white people. 

So I heard that all NA groups were organized the same way.

Like Windsor.

[Juana]

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Looking forward to the modified 'forward'. Mrs Mang's oldest nephew is a prime candidate as he keeps sending her dumb shit.

I could branch out with this, come to think of it.

You could make a CAREER out of it

You are, after all, a sociologist.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Native American Royalty (wut)

Basically that means the chief and his family.

I learned this when trying to research my family history and what had been passed on was that my great(x4, I think) grandmother was a NA princess.

It's a crock of shit, is what it is. The political structures of most tribes had no hereditary positions, and in many cases no centralized leadership. In dealings with the US government, which did not recognize consensus governing, tribes were either forced to appoint a representative to be "chief", or, more commonly, the US would appoint someone FOR them, typically someone who was in the pocket of the government and would sign whatever documents they wanted him to.

"Indian Princess" was also common slang at one time for "prostitute".

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Native American Royalty (wut)

Basically that means the chief and his family.

I learned this when trying to research my family history and what had been passed on was that my great(x4, I think) grandmother was a NA princess.

Wasn't there generally a war chief, a camp chief, a medicine chief...

LOL white people. 

More like "advisors" than "chiefs". And the actual political structures varied widely, from an organized elected body of government to a completely unstructured non-hierarchical loose consensus-based form of "agreement governance", in which nobody was really in charge but some people's opinions got more respect because they had a reputation for generally being sound.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

"Indian Princess" was also common slang at one time for "prostitute".

THAT'S gonna get brought up with more than one person I know.

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

Native American Royalty (wut)

Basically that means the chief and his family.

I learned this when trying to research my family history and what had been passed on was that my great(x4, I think) grandmother was a NA princess.

Wasn't there generally a war chief, a camp chief, a medicine chief...

LOL white people. 

More like "advisors" than "chiefs". And the actual political structures varied widely, from an organized elected body of government to a completely unstructured non-hierarchical loose consensus-based form of "agreement governance", in which nobody was really in charge but some people's opinions got more respect because they had a reputation for generally being sound.

That's the impression I got, if you were good with something, people listened you about that. The word "chief" just gets tossed around a lot, but it's basically the guy who knows his shit, isn't it? Kind of like Cain being the guy we usually ask about politics and ECH being the culinary guy.

"Indian Princess" was also common slang at one time for "prostitute".

THAT'S gonna get brought up with more than one person I know.

OOOOOH, yeah. 

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I've always wondered, why are they always Cherokee? 

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Ahahahaha, so I looked it up and it wasn't "Indian Princess", it was "Cherokee princess", specifically, that was the old slang term for prostitute. Oh god. It explains EVERYTHING. That's why there are so many white people who are descended from a Cherokee princess!



Looking further, it was apparently also a common (and probably related) term in parts of the South for a light-skinned black woman or octoroon, aka "high yellow". High yellows were commonly considered to make the best prostitutes or bed partners because of their beauty and lusty nature (That part I already knew about).

Oh, America.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Ahahahaha, so I looked it up and it wasn't "Indian Princess", it was "Cherokee princess", specifically, that was the old slang term for prostitute. Oh god. It explains EVERYTHING.

See?  History CAN be fun!

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

Ahahahaha, so I looked it up and it wasn't "Indian Princess", it was "Cherokee princess", specifically, that was the old slang term for prostitute. Oh god. It explains EVERYTHING. That's why there are so many white people who are descended from a Cherokee princess!



Looking further, it was apparently also a common (and probably related) term in parts of the South for a light-skinned black woman or octoroon, aka "high yellow". High yellows were commonly considered to make the best prostitutes or bed partners because of their beauty and lusty nature (That part I already knew about).

Oh, America.

Next time I hear it, I'm gonna

[trippinprincezz13]

Ahahahaha, so I looked it up and it wasn't "Indian Princess", it was "Cherokee princess", specifically, that was the old slang term for prostitute. Oh god. It explains EVERYTHING. That's why there are so many white people who are descended from a Cherokee princess!

I've always wondered, why are they always Cherokee? 

Also, easier for people to pronounce

[Mangrove]

And in case you haven't had your fill of tea-party idiocy, this BS showed up in my work e-mail this morning:


How Fatima Started Islam

A book like no other on this earth.  Not a few cartoons or an infantile movie trailer but 234 page novel which insults Islam like no other.  A parody of the always drunk proprietor of "Mohammad's Saloon & Brothel" with his completely ridiculous life exposed.  This moronic child molestating coward and fool who bumps his way through life oblivious to his manipulation as the figurehead of another new religion.  Learn about his adopted son and heir Ali, the biggest swish ever to sashay across Arabia while sadistically running Mecca's largest boy's brothel.  Only $9.99 to laugh at, mock, and ridicule those fanatics who do not enjoy being ridiculed.  A well written and extremely funny parody at Amazon.com.

http://www.amazon.com/How-Fatima-Started-Islam-Mohammads/dp/0578032902/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1339884134&sr=8-1&keywords=how+fatima+started+islam
link to Amazon.com
https://www.amazon.com/How-Fatima-Started-Islam-Mohammads/dp/0578032902/ref
Observe the never sober Mohammad having sex with camels, pre-adolescent girls and boys, the mutilations, murders, terrorism, sneak attacks, back stabbings and mental illnesses.  Absolutely no other novel is similar.  Stick up for America by sticking it to Radical Islam.

Also: There is a subtle effort to dissuade Americans from buying or reading this parody.  The Mullahs of Radical Islam HATE the fact that we in the West can still purchase this book.  They are pressuring and threatening Amazon to stop offering the novel for sale.  They demand a world wide ban with criminal penalties under Sharia Law.  Out of 6,000,000 Amazon books "How Fatima Started Islam" has the second lowest review rating, why, because Amazon has been flooded with well over 100 negative reviews with the lowest possible rating, reviewers who openly state that they would never ever buy or read a book insulting The Prophet, yet they take the time to tell you not to read it.  The second lowest rating is a badge of honor, it shows how much the Ayatollahs of BAGHDAD and DAMASCUS and the murderous terrorist who killed our ambassador and burned our embassy in BENGHAZI  do not want you to buy HFSI. Do not let these radical tin pot madmen, who think they rule the world and everyone in it, dictate to you what you may or may not read; purchase this important, well written, and extremely funny book.

zvyhwgcad@aspa-usa.org  <--- probably can't reply to this address but still, feel free to sign it up for things.