Personal Narrative: My Degree Of Indian Blood

Miami War Chief Little Turtle is releated to me. Little Turtle is my 1st Great Grand Uncle of Husband of 3rd Great Grand Aunt. Little Turtle's Indian name was "Mihshahkatoohkwa" He was born around 1747 and passed away around 1812. (18th Century) My degree of Indian blood is made up of two seperate tribes: Shawnee and Miami. Because the Shawnee Indians were assimilated into the Cherokee Nation, I am also a Cherokee. From my research, I have found that my Paternal Great Great Grandfather was a white, English non-Indian named Madison Fletcher Gamble who married my Great Great Grandmother, Julia Ann Wheeler, a Shawnee Indian women who had 3/4 degree Shawnee (Mixed Blood). They had a son, my Great Grandfather, Burnie Gordon Gamble, who is documented as having 7/8 Degree Shawnee (Mixed Blood). My Great Grandfather, Burnie Gordon …show more content…
My Grandfather, Virgil Dean Gamble married a white women named Marie Kathleen Knapp, and had a son who is my father. His name is Ronald Ray Gamble. This made my real father, Ronald Ray Gamble, 1/4 Degree Shawnee Blood, 1/32 Degree Cherokee, and 1/32 Degree Miami Blood. My real father, Ronald Ray Gamble, married my mother, a white women named Mary Jo Newbern, and they had a son, Michael Ashley Newbern. That makes me: Shawnee/Miami/and Cherokee Indian from my real fathers side, with English/Irish/French/and German ancestry on my mother's side. From my pre-calculations, I'm 1/8 Degree Shawnee Blood, 1/64 Degree Cherokee, and 1/64 Degree Miami Blood. My cousin, Desiree Francis Newbern, would have the exact blood line because her father, Mickey Dean Gamble, was my biological father's brother, Ronald Ray Gamble and her mother, Deborah Lee Newbern, is my mother's biological sister. The reason why Cherokee Indian was added into this equation was the Shawnee Tribe were forced to relocate onto Cherokee Nation tribal land in