I feel like I belong to many different areas, from friends I have met, to my heritage, but, I feel that Indiana, with how boring it may be, is where I belong. I have always lived in Indiana, and most of my family lives here. For me that makes it feel right to be here, makes me feel like I belong. A long time ago, my family got here, Dad's side, all my Mom's side relatives are not on good terms or dead, and settled down. Then, during the time of the Trail of Tears, my several great Cherokee grandmother settled down with my english several great grandfather. Being here for all this time gives me a sense of belonging because it is where my family has been for a long time now. I feel like I belong here, but maybe not so much from where my two several great grandparents are from. If I walked onto a Cherokee reservation, I don't think I would feel like I belong there at this time. I would like to feel that way, and it makes some sense that I would feel like I belong since it is my heritage, but I don't know enough about that culture, my culture, that would give me that sense of belonging. Also, since I don't show any visible characteristics of being Cherokee, I would feel different, and would be treated different. The difference that I believe is the reason for why I feel like I belong to one area and not the other is because I know about one culture and not the other, both of the cultures are mine, but only one is truly mine because of where I have grown up, what I have learned. I hope that someday in the future I will be able to belong to both, but there is no way for me to know if I will be able to or not until that future comes.
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