Hello! My name is Yvone. I am from the PNW, currently living in Mid-West.
A little about myself:
When I was young, it was understood that my mother is either half or 1/4 of Apache Nation. Which tribe we do not know. Then in the early 90's it was disputed by one of her brothers. He told her that her Father is Spanish or Phillipean. That surely upset My mother, mostly impart due to her life being a lie.
She is the youngest of eleven children. She is the beatiful product of a love/lust relationship. During those times, they didn't talk of these things. Her mother was forced to Seattle for the duration of pregnancy and delivery. When she returned hom, nothing was again ever said.
Questions arose, because she is dark while the others are white. Her mother (since passed), has told her that her father is a Chief's son. But nothing ever in detail of her father or how they came to meet.
The dispute of course was due to her father's name. Of which she didn't even find out until her 40's. He has a mexican name.
I have been to look at the rolls, and even putting his name in. Nothing comes up for me at all. I realize that even finding the truth will be hard. Mostly because the Apache way is to never speak of a deceased persons name again. Second is because the mexican's take thier mothers last name putting their fathers last name as middle name. (that is if they did it way back then as they do now, which I am sure that is something carried forward generations.)
Which only leads to the possible DNA in which I have to get my brother to agree to. Now this is going to be hard since he is still in the PNW.
I have been drawn to AZ since the early 80's thinking and feeling it as home. I finally made it there in 2006 and OMG what a feeling it was for me. It felt as if I was HOME. Even if I was in the tourist community. I was there on a retreat, we had a meditation at that time. The others in the group saw things for themselves. I saw the center of the earth swirling and moving. Was the most awesome thing. When it was time for me to return to my physical home, I cried, because I just didn't want to leave.
Currently I am in school with hopes of gaining employment in AZ after graduation (march 2009). To atlast, return to my home.
I may have been raised as a white child, but my inner voice and soul connects with the Spirit and Ways of life as the Indians. I know with out knowing things that others don't and don't understand.
Time for me to reconnect with those ways and with the people from Mother Earth.
All of this in thanks from an ex-boyfriend of my teen age years who remembered this. He now lives in AZ. He found me on a website and started emailing me. Everything for a reason. Perhaps to remind me of who I was and to possibly learn and grow again from present/future connections.
In the meantime, I have always told everyone I am 100% american. HEINZ 57. Either/or Spanish/Indian, French Canadian and then of course splashes of everythig else tossed into it.
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