Contact Me

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13 Responses to “Contact Me”

  1. I am a descendant of the Wolf clan of the Lenape tribe of Pennsylvania (Chief Bald Eagle’s people) through my ancester (Hannah Spots) who was full blooded as well as the Susquehannocks of Pennsylvania. If there is anyone who would like to contact me about these two tribes I would love to talk. I also have a recipe for tanning hides that was passed down through the family from Hannah that I am willing to share.

    Renee L. Waring
    Reneelwaring@aol.com

  2. This is fanasiting information that I accidentially stumbled on. Not sure if we are actually related but I felt compelled to drop you a note.

    You have my name, and I thought I would share a bit more information. I have six (6) sibilings, 3 brothers & 3 sisters. My father was born in Chicago and this is really the only information I have on my father’s dad (my grandfather)

    http://www.uiaa.org/Urbana/veterans/display_veteran.asp?veteranID=537

    Drop me a note sometime and we can share information.

  3. I live not to far from you in Northern Virginia. I am searching out my Indian heritage but am finding nothing on a tribe that have assimilated into African Americans with last names as Harris, Naylor, and Robinson. I did find that in the early 1900’s anyone saying they were Indian either were jail or kill. I will continue the search nevertheless. That is only part of the reason I am contacting you. Having Indian ancestry in my Spirit I am direct to make a dress of white hide. I have the hide but wondering how to make a dress correctly without using today instruments. How did the women cut the hide to make dresses, moccasins, bags, etc.?

    BrokenClaw’s reply:
    I am not an expert on native dress or technology. In a general sense, Native Americans were considered “Stone Age” people. Most of their fabricating tools were made of stone or bone. However, when the technology of metallurgy was introduced by the earliest European explorers, it was quickly adopted by all Native Americans. So the short answer to your question is: Prior to European contact, they used sharpened stone or bone. After European contact they used a knife. The scissors, as we know it today, is a modern invention.

  4. I found you article very interesting. My mother went to An indian boarding school in red rock , oklahoma as well. I am half otoe-missouri and am also registered with the tribe. My mother and her family are all in Oklahoma still and most on the res.

    Thank you for the interesting article.

  5. Greetings, I love your website. I am a decendant of the Susquehannock Tribe. I have heard all the old stories about the Paxtons and the extinction of the last members of the tribe. My family still reside in Lancaster County just off the Mason Dixon Line. We are decendants of Gus Peartree (full blooded Susquehannock)
    If anyone wants to share information email me.

    Note from BrokenClaw: If anyone is interested in contacting Victoria, I can forward your email address to her.

  6. Hello BROKEN CLAW my name is Luke, i am Australian born part Chikasaw man 32 years old living in Perth Western Australia. I hope to find some friends who are Native American lineage here in Australia, if you know of other N.A. Australians please forward my email address to them on my behalf, I would greatly appreciate that. I realy enjoyed reading your story. May peace reign for all of us. PLease forward my email address to Victoria also Bro.

  7. Hello,
    I am a descendant of Adam Mark who I see on your ancestry chart. Based on some work my grandmother had done years ago it appears that I am descended from Catherine Mark (daughter of Adam Mark and Margaritta Miller). I found your website to be very interesting. All I had is a few pieces of information. Thank you. Feel free to write.

    Thanks, Janna (Edmonds, WA)

  8. my great grandfather was emmett john munsee i do not know much about him except that he had 2 children, one john emmett munsee born 1922 and my grandfather, bernard francis munsee born 1924. He left my great grandmother around 1924 and was never heard from again. Thery were born in new jersey i think. I know he was ran out of orange new jersey around 1924. I am stuck and i don’t know where to look. Can you help me?

    BrokenClaw’s reply:
    This website is concerned with the Munsee tribe of American Indians. I have no insight into the Munsee surname as you describe. Nevertheless, I did a quick search on the census records and on the Internet, but I couldn’t find anything for your Emmett John Munsee, other than your same inquiries elsewhere.

  9. I just arrived in Sayre,Oklahoma today. We plan on being in Ponca City tomorrow and then on to Red Rock where i hope to look up relitives and would like to meet with you if you are avaiable.I am a decendent of the Otoe tribe,now simi retired and lookin for my past history.

    BrokenClaw’s reply:
    Thanks for writing. I’m sorry, but I do not live in Oklahoma. I have been working on the Otoe-Missouria genealogy for quite a few years, but it’s been done mostly online, by corresponding with people like you. Perhaps when you have time, after your travels, we could correspond a bit more so you can tell me about your father and your family, so that I can add more information to the genealogy.

  10. Thank you for maintaining such a valuable website. I have visited your rootsweb links often and had returned here to pass on info about my parents deaths. Surprisingly you had already included these facts. You are on your game! Thank you.

  11. Just happened to stumble onto the info you had about Shaffners. I’m a descendant of Frederick Shaffner who married Catherine Deibler. From there to the Branns. My father was Oscar Zellman Brann. I noticed you did not have his death date which was 30 November 1989. Also Rudolph C.’s middle name is Campbell. If you would like to contact me, I probably have some dates and names you could use. Thanks for the informative website. I found out things I didn’t know.

  12. Broken Claw, I’m glad to meet you and your website is very interesting! I’d like to comment that my maternal grandfather, Charley Kihega and his wife, my grandmother, Julia Whitecloud Kihega were both full blood Ioway Indians. The same is for my Tohee ancestors, my grandfather, David Tohee and great grandfather, Big Dave Tohee, were also full blood Ioway. My parents were William Tohee, deceased and Anna Kihega Tohee, deceased. I hope there is some way you can make these corrections/notations to show my grandparents, Charley and Julia Kihega and David Tohee were all full blood Ioway. My maternal grandmother, Meta Muskagaha was Otoe. Thank you and I look forward to hearing from you regarding my comment.

    BrokenClaw’s reply:
    Actually, I already have all of them properly identified as Ioway. I know the genealogy page can be a bit confusing. If you look at the page for Charles Kihega, you can see the line that is labeled Nationality: Ioway. That is where I identify each person’s tribe. The ID number has no official significance, it is just the index number from my genealogy program.

  13. BROKEN CLAW, I honor you for your work in helping people find their true roots—-thank you and may the GREAT SPIRIt and the MIGHTY ONE GOD bless you in all you do. Lydia (Adkins) Simpson