Mr Happy, I guess it depends on how you define 'Native American".

The definition for Native American is rather fluid. What makes a person Native American depends on the specific group {nation} of Native Americans.

I once went to a conference on the American Indian Adoption Act and was surprised to see a number of African Americans who identified themselves culturally as Native Americans. And {but?} they had the different gradations of brown skin color and hair textures that many African Americans have. During a public question and answer period, I asked these people whether they considered themselves to be "Black". Most of them said that they were Black {meaning 'African American'} AND Native American.

In contrast, about 15 years ago I went to an adoption conference in Toronto, and was priviledged to be one of two African American representatives to be invited to attend and participate in the caucas of the Canadian Indian {Native American??; First Nation??} attendees at that conference. It seemed to me that the overwhelming majority of participants at that caucas looked "White' {meaning they had 'fair' skin color; red hair; blue eyes; blond hair, brown eyes etc}.

Maybe we have an erroneous view of what Indians are supposed to look like. And there is always the racial mixture factor. I suppose that, like most racial and ethnic groups in the world, Native Americans {First Nation} people are a mixed race people. That being the case, {finally getting to your respectfully asked question},
I would imagine that some Native American men {and Native American women too!} could grow a moustache and a beard if they didn't want to shave.

As to whether most pure blooded unmixed Native Americans can {could}do so, I don't have a clue.

PS: I went to another workshop in Pittsburgh in which a brown skinned African American woman with an afro {hair worn in a short, unprocessed hair style} spoke about her Native American ancestry and heritage and quoted from a book that I later purchased. I found the book [William Loren Katz, "Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage" {Atheneum; 1986}] to be well researched and very interesting reading. Given the subject matter, I also appreciated seeing the photographs included in the book.

And that's how another stereotype bit the dust for me.   



Azizi