Comments by "Leonce Boudreaux" (@leonceboudreauxwolf) on "Pioneer Women Of Appalachia, Their Will and Determination to Survive" video.
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I'm half American Indian (Yeah, that's what I said. Growing up we were called Indians or American Indians and in the treaties that's how we're referred to. Don't have a problem with it, I'm still who I am ) and almost half Cajun, but I look at some of these settlers, who we intermarried with, just using what land they needed, not greedy for more than they could use, with respect. Atrocities were done on both sides, but these were some of the strongest, toughest, and knowledgeable people. Being Indian, I do have some mixed feelings, but nevertheless, I respect these families and what they endured to just have a little piece of land to provide for their families. My own Mother was delivered by a midwife along the banks of the bayou in Louisiana. Hard times, but we were all in it together, families, Indian White , made no difference , most weren't greedy, just wanted to survive. I lived in the Appalachian Mountains on the Rez in Cherokee, NC, and lived among many of these people, on both sides, and they're all a People I made friends with, love, and respect.
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