"It's okay. I'm Native American."

"It's okay. I'm Native American." My new excuse for everything. They just say stuff is their religion. At least one state in the US enables them to use peyote for religious purposes. (Something i'm definitely never doing.) What do they say if they have peyote? "It's okay. I'm Native American."?

Awkward moment? "It's okay. I'm Native American."
Messed things up with the boyfriend? "It's okay. I'm Native American."
Strange name when tryna get employed? "It's okay. I'm Native American." Totally hilarious.

I've been told for yrs. i'm an 8th Cherokee, then once was told i'm an 8th Apache... so i'm not really sure. I never really cared all that much about it, but that's a great new excuse for everything. I will hafta find out more about it eventually.

UPDATE: Okay... taken from a pg: "According to the United States Code, “The use, possession, or transportation of peyote by an Indian for bona fide traditional ceremonial purposes in connection with the practice of a traditional Indian religion is lawful, and shall not be prohibited by the United States or any State.” In other words, it is legal for Native Americans who belong to federally recognized tribes to use peyote for religious purposes."

UPDATE: 

Some page says they're also exempt from the affordable care act. Lol,

 Other than that, I haven't found any special exemptions they have. A few actual Indians, who live on reservations, claim much said isn't true about them having more freedoms than others do. On the pages this is said on though, nowhere is anything written about peyote. Then there are other topics where people had assumptions that they have more freedoms with certain things, when a couple Indians say they do not. But the whole peyote thing just isn't talked about in these pages. Also, someone said they can own casinos in states where they're illegal, like Oklahoma. Too many facts n opinions to go thru.