My grandmother just recently passed away. I was told that she had an Indian roll number. How would I go about getting this number? No one in the family knew about this until she passed away. I haven't a clue where to start looking or what agency to check with. Would like to use help from the Indians to go back to school and get a degree, if possible. Don't understand why she never told us about it.
2006-07-20 06:35:55 · 7 answers · asked by xtrmsxxx 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Contact the BIA (Bureau of Indian Affairs). As a fellow Native American, I know something about what’s involved in doing this. What you’ll need to do is provide them with as much background into your ancestry. This isn’t always easy but you can do it, you just need to be determined and persistent with them, it also helps if you don’t emphasize that you’re looking into doing this for the money because they’ll be rude and they’ll oftentimes stop processing your information because they’ll think that you’re just looking for a free ride.
You’ll need to know something about what tribe or tribes she belonged to and possibly where their tribal grounds are located. You also should let them know where she was born and possibly what percentage Indian she was. Some tribes have a percentage cutoff (mine is 25% or greater, which is average), or they’ll want to know how much of each tribal percentage you are, in which case you may be eligible for enrollment privileges from more than one tribal office.
My grandmother was the Assistant of Tribal Relations here in Wisconsin back in the 60's and she was responsible for helping to develop the tribal rolls for the entire nation. If you need any assistance drop me a line at my 360 site and I’ll see what I can do.
Good Luck
2006-07-20 06:40:24 · answer #1 · answered by Augustus-Illuminati 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
a million/ Ask him 2/ contact the tribal workplace of the tribe he belongs to, yet when he remains alive do not anticipate to benefit some thing, If he's deceased have a replica of the demise certificate 3/ The Dawes Rolls received't be a large position to spend you time, except he became born before 1914. Dawes Roll: Lists of human beings commonplace between 1898 and 1914 by technique of the Dawes fee as contributors of those 5 Indian tribes: Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw and Seminole
2016-12-02 00:11:26 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first you must find some names in your family tree and get that information then go to the American Indian nation where your family comes from and they will help you get the ball rolling. With the roll number you will be able to get money for education and when you retire you can live on the rez rent free. and you will be part of that tribe for ever.
2006-07-20 06:47:43 · answer #3 · answered by wolf 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would first go to any bureau of indian affairs agency and ask for info. you will most definently need her full name(maiden) and her date of birth may be even a social security number. if you have a family tree, that would be helpful too. they have bureau of indian affairs agencies in different states like new mexico or oklahoma. goodluck!
2006-07-20 06:41:45 · answer #4 · answered by browneyedmom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What exactly roll number means??
2006-07-20 06:39:20 · answer #5 · answered by Fawad 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Roll number" ? as in roll call for a class ?
2006-07-20 06:44:05 · answer #6 · answered by wannafren 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Start your search here
http://www.us-census.org/webbbs/lookups/index.cgi?read=24710
2006-07-20 06:41:42 · answer #7 · answered by the Goddess Angel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋