Native Americans in the United States As registrar of the state's Bureau of Vital Statistics, he applied his own interpretation of the one-drop rule, enacted in law in 1924 as the state's Racial Integrity Act. It recognized only two races: "white" and "colored". Plecker, a segregationist, believed that the state's Native Americans had been "mongrelized" by intermarriage with African Americans; to him, ancestry determined identity, rather than culture. He thought that some people of partial black ancestry were trying to "pass" as Native Americans. Plecker thought that anyone with any African heritage had to be classified as colored, regardless of appearance, amount of European or Native
Native Sons (lacrosse) Native Sons (lacrosse) The Native Sons Lacrosse Club are an American and Iroquois Senior "B" box lacrosse team from Irving, New York. The team play their home games at Cattaraugus Community Center and are affiliated with the Senaca Nation of Indians. Native Sons compete in the Can-Am League, sanctioned by First Nations Lacrosse Association. Native Sons Junior affiliate are the Seneca WarChiefs of First Nations Junior B Lacrosse League. Formed in 2015, Native Sons were welcomed to the league by losing four of their first five games. The remaining portion of their Can-Am season was another story as the Sons