Here's the Merriam-Webster definition in case you don't know what native means.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/native

Is there a reason you raised the issue of race? Does my race matter? If so, I'd just LOVE to see you explain why.

Your race doesn't really matter, no. But neither does your native-born origin. You don't get to lay an exclusive claim on the arbitrarily defined geopolitical unit on the basis that you happened to be born there.

Except you wrote:

>> Native? Which tribe are you from?

Then you wrote:

>> You don't get to lay an exclusive claim on the arbitrarily defined geopolitical unit on the basis that you happened to be born there.

Why won't you just tell the truth: you don't like it when some people lay an exclusive claim to a geographical unit on the basis that they were born there, but you're fine when other people do it, provided YOU get to make the rules a la: "Native? Which tribe are you from?".

BTW, there's a word for what you're doing. It starts with H.

It was a rhetorical question to invite further discussion. Your assumptions about where I wanted the discussion to go from there are just that, assumptions.

And no, I don't believe that Native Americans have such rights, either. But since you sounded like you believe that you do, it was a comparison that practically begged to be made.

Are you that guy from the UK? I think we've had this conversation before.

No, I'm a guy from Russia who lives in US. But I'm sure you had that conversation before - it's not exactly uncommon :)