@ItsJustSchool, I cannot afford to be racist. I live in Michigan, and people (Ojibwae) I know here do get a monthly check from their tribal administrators, like a profit sharing from businesses or other tribal investments. I was not referring to mere monetary compensation owed for ancestor usurpation, but rather to ‘special considerations’ or URM status ‘extended’ in attempts (now) to make ammends for past mistreatments. I can undertand how, if your ancestors participated in such mistreatments of Native Americans, my jaded (NOT racist) comments might offend you. But facts are facts and, if we forget, mistreatments can/will (and have been) repeated in different ways at different times. Now, speaking of lack of “citations and unsubstabtuated drivel,” Where are your cited sources and substance for your drivel? Can you lead by example? I said nothing to my Inca-Sri Lankan brother/sister about his/her physical appearance or surnames. In the end my only real advice was to label or not him/herself as s/he sees fit, and to consider OTHER, thereby NOT denying any part of her/his heritage (genetic or cultural).