brandygrant:

So here is a rant, my whole life i haven’t known where i came from. My parents were adopted and that whole family situation was really weird and complicated. Recently i have been obsessed with finding my dads heritage, which is native American, Lumbee. His mother had, for lack of a better word,…

good luck! and if you need someone to talk to, i’m here. I was adopted out and am in the LONG process of reclaiming so I know what it’s like to go through that shit :/

Also, look up Lost Bird Society, census names as well as tribal rolls.

Sometime too, it’s nice to see if there’s an American Indian Center around you if you want to reclaim being native. Being blood and being involved with a community is as different as night and day; but being involved with that pan-indian community (in addition to the Lumbee one) is really super rewarding and I recommend it :)

Reclaiming is a very stressful, confusing, and some times painful process…. but so worth it… it gives you so much strength and joy it’s incredible.

(Source: dream-above-the-stars)