Ve'hoe - I am white but married a Cherokee over 50 years ago and never thought anything about it. I want to join the ancestry.com soon for my sons background information.
Of course, all people do not think alike which we cannot blame each other for.
I, myself, was raised in PA (now in TN) and went 12 years to school with the black people and never ever thought anything about it at all. I am barely 5' tall and only weighted 75 while in school. One of my best friends was a well built tall 6' black girl probably weighing about 150. We looked like Mutt and Jeff. Anyway, I agee, skin color should not have an affect upon people. Probably attitude, but not skin color.
I, also, do not like lawyers/attorneys as they tend to just create law suits which are not needed just to get exceedly large payments to themselves. They have actually created some lawsuits that some people have never heard of before.
They, also, are just looking out for themselves and no one else.
Again, our religions are probably also different. I, myself, am Methodist. My grandmother and grandfather were Church of God. Whichever way, our Lord Jesus Christ was a Jew and was probably an olive color.
But, all of this should not have anything to do about how we treat other people. Everyone should be equal no matter what.
May God Bless You and keep your spirits fruitful no matter what comes to all of us.

I'm doing o.k. my health isn't good emphysema and smoking caught up with me. My better half has PAH "pulmonary arterial hypertension " we are fairly sure its fro working in the uranium mine in Moan Utah. He replaced the linings in the crushers and was exposed to high levels of radiation. He is on a lawsuit against the govt. Bit is in the fourth stage of this problem. And has had cancer liver problems thyroid. You name it. Never ever smoked
Unfortunately I did around him. But you are very kind to ask. I feel blessed to be alive every day I wake I say thanks lord for another day. We are struggling but know we're lucky to be together in the special friendship and unconditional love we have one to another. All of us should try and not judge another its hard but the moccasin saying so apprapo. God bless and God bless america

My heart hurts for both of you!!

Ya know,,, I am a Cheyenne, and I go to a sweat lodge,,, there we pray,,, and we pray together,,, sometimes all we get is sweaty,,, however sometimes it is very powerful,,,
I will bring prayers for both of you to the "medicine man" (He is a Christian too!!) there is something different about the prayers in there,,, cant hardly explain it,, but it is different... sometimes scary things happen,,, and feelings hit you,,, like you called down thunder,,, and thunder showed up...

The old man is called the "wicasa wacan" (weechassa walk-on) wicasa= man,,,, wacan is magic or medicine,, something holy,,,, a horse was a "shunka-wacan" a medicine dog (stolen from Lacota language) we will start praying for you,, what can we call your partner??

Ve'hoe: my sister and I are adopted later I life she had a daughter that required her knowledge of the biological parentage she had.
My parents that raised us were told she was Irish German. She always had been short with weight problems. Well she found her mother (birth) she's full blooded shashone Indian and never was able to determine her father. Her mom gave birth to 18 kids. Its been horror story after horror story. However she lied so the adoption agency would take her. Not the elders in the tribe. She became suddenly Indian afterwards even though her mother passed fetal alcohol syndrome down to her. Sometimes race does matter for a feeling of belonging. And can be misplaced. God bless America.