On Columbus Day, A Look At The Myth That 'All The Real Indians Died Off' [NPR.org]

Samantha Sangenito 10/12/164:00 AM

When she was growing up, Dina Gilio-Whitaker was constantly asked, "How much Indian blood do you have?" She could never figure out how to respond, which is not to say she didn't know who she was.

"I knew that I was Native, I knew that I was Colville, I knew my family up there on the reservation," she said recently. "But what I grew up with was a process of not being seen and not being recognized as being Native, because I was completely out of context.

[For more of this story, written by Leah Donnella, go to http://www.npr.org/sections/co...eal-indians-died-off]

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