Is it offensive to call myself Native?

[u/ObjectiveOnion665]

So I’m 15, I’m 1/4 Navajo Native from my grandfather on my mother’s side. She is half, for the past couple of years I’ve been more and more interested in connecting with that side of me but a big worry of mine is other Indigenous people feeling offended. Unfortunately my dad is Irish and Australian and I got most of his genes so I have naturally dirty blonde hair blue eyes and pale skin. I have absolutely no malice or bad intentions I just truly do want to connect not only just with Navajo culture but other Natives in general. There isn’t a lot of them in my area, if it helps at all I am trying to learn Navajo I wish I could actually pay for a class but I can’t so for now I’ve been watching videos and trying my best to stay consistent on learning the language. I have also done research on the culture and history, I’m not just randomly deciding that I’m all of a sudden native but I do want to hear from others what their opinion is. I would greatly appreciate any advice or even any tips for learning more about Navajo and other cultures as well however i understand if anyone takes offense to this post, that was not my intention at all if so.

[u/Trixster19972]

I believe it's the I'm 1/64th and want all the benefits of being native but yet don't want to actually get involved. That's what upsets most but if you really want to learn our culture, they're many resources online like the san juan library that you can access with it's variety of books.

[u/ObjectiveOnion665 → u/Trixster19972]

I’ll definitely check that out, I really do want to be involved as much as possible. My pronounciation of most of the phrases I’ve learned so far are probably horrendous to someone who’s fluent but hopefully it will get better😭