Years ago when I was looking for a job I went to the Employment Office and when they saw I was born in Alaska wanted me to change my ethnicity to Eskimo..saying I could get a job right away..... I refused and found a good job on my own.
I once interviewed for a job with some environmental organization (okay, I was young, stupid, right out of law school and unemployed) and they admitted I had everything they wanted
except brown skin. So I was SOL. As soon as I get that genealogy DNA testing, I'm sure my Native American credentials will be established. You'd think being born in the USA would make one a native American, but I digress ...