I am Native. I am a Native person disconnected from the tribe(s) she is from. I am a Native person who knows more and does more with local tribes than her own. I am a Native person raised off any reservation.

I am a Native person who has always danced, drummed, and worked at powwows. I am a Native person who has volunteered all her life at American Indian Education, where I now work. I am a Native person who goes to American Indian Education conferences. I am a Native person whose father is an honored elder, and was given that title at the California Conference on American Indian Education. I am a Native person who has advocated for local environmental rights and education. I am a Native person with a roll number. I am a Native person who was raised knowing about another tribe’s culture. I am a Native person whose Native grandma was stabbed (46 times) to death by a white supremacist. 

You are making assumptions about me based on rumors rather than facts.