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: Being a descendant of John Rolfe and Pocahontas (who died 400 years ago) is extremely common in America (particularly among descendants of old Virginia families), and does not make one a Native American. Shaheen is a 12th-generation descendant of Pocahontas (see https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/history/people/family-tree-shows-senator-jeanne-shaheen-direct-descendant-pocahontas/), which, unless she has other Native American ancestry, makes her only 0.02% Native American. It's an interesting question whether someone with a single Native American great-grandparent should be considered a Native American, and I guess that it would depend partly on the rules set by individual Indian Tribes, but that would be someone with 12.50% Native American ancestry, not 0.02% Native American ancestry. If having one Native American out of one's 4,096 great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandparents is deemed sufficient to get one included on a list of Native American members of Congress, then we're going to have to add probably over half of the members of Congress to the article. [[User:AuH2ORepublican|AuH2ORepublican]] ([[User talk:AuH2ORepublican|talk]]) 13:03, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
: Being a descendant of John Rolfe and Pocahontas (who died 400 years ago) is extremely common in America (particularly among descendants of old Virginia families), and does not make one a Native American. Shaheen is a 12th-generation descendant of Pocahontas (see https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/history/people/family-tree-shows-senator-jeanne-shaheen-direct-descendant-pocahontas/), which, unless she has other Native American ancestry, makes her only 0.02% Native American. It's an interesting question whether someone with a single Native American great-grandparent should be considered a Native American, and I guess that it would depend partly on the rules set by individual Indian Tribes, but that would be someone with 12.50% Native American ancestry, not 0.02% Native American ancestry. If having one Native American out of one's 4,096 great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandparents is deemed sufficient to get one included on a list of Native American members of Congress, then we're going to have to add probably over half of the members of Congress to the article. [[User:AuH2ORepublican|AuH2ORepublican]] ([[User talk:AuH2ORepublican|talk]]) 13:03, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

== Daniel Akaka ==

Wikipedia states that Daniel Akaka "was the first U.S. Senator of Native Hawaiian ancestry."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Akaka
He is not included in this article. Should he be?

[[User:EinkomischerKauz|EinkomischerKauz]] ([[User talk:EinkomischerKauz|talk]]) 22:27, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

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Delegates

Does anyone have more information on non-voting delegates? Therequiembellishere (talk) 06:58, 21 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Other indigenous peoples

How might other indigenous peoples, such as Native Hawaiians, be mentioned? Should they get a separate page or a subsection of this page perhaps? Therequiembellishere (talk) 06:58, 21 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Jeanne Shaheen

She's reportedly a direct descendant of Pocahontas, so should she be included here? MB298 (talk) 04:00, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Being a descendant of John Rolfe and Pocahontas (who died 400 years ago) is extremely common in America (particularly among descendants of old Virginia families), and does not make one a Native American. Shaheen is a 12th-generation descendant of Pocahontas (see https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/history/people/family-tree-shows-senator-jeanne-shaheen-direct-descendant-pocahontas/), which, unless she has other Native American ancestry, makes her only 0.02% Native American. It's an interesting question whether someone with a single Native American great-grandparent should be considered a Native American, and I guess that it would depend partly on the rules set by individual Indian Tribes, but that would be someone with 12.50% Native American ancestry, not 0.02% Native American ancestry. If having one Native American out of one's 4,096 great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandparents is deemed sufficient to get one included on a list of Native American members of Congress, then we're going to have to add probably over half of the members of Congress to the article. AuH2ORepublican (talk) 13:03, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Daniel Akaka

Wikipedia states that Daniel Akaka "was the first U.S. Senator of Native Hawaiian ancestry." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Akaka He is not included in this article. Should he be?

EinkomischerKauz (talk) 22:27, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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