i here that if you can prove that you have a certain percentage of indian blood that you can get money that is owed to the /decents of certain indian tribes
2006-11-10 15:48:39 · 21 answers · asked by msmatt916 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Civic Participation
You need to prove your genealogy back to a person who is on the final rolls of the tribe.
You need to get your birth certificate, then your parents' birth certificates, then your grand-parents', and so on until you get back to your tribal member ancestor.
Before 1900 or so, there were very few birth certificates kept. They were not required. You can get baptismal records or census records instead.
You can get both census records, and all of the final tribal rolls at the National Archives and records Administration (NARA) Go to www.nara.gov for info.
With all of this, you are now eligible to JOIN the tribe. You will need to write to them and request to be enrolled. I suppose that gets you all of the benefits of tribal membership, but you aren't owed any money.
2006-11-10 15:56:27 · answer #1 · answered by Lisa A 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
thats some bull sh#t. Blood quantim requirements are also made by each tribe for enrollment, it will take certified documents to prove one of your people were a registared tribal member. But dont do it for the money, cuz you'll be saddly dissapointed. Pine Ridege , Rosebud Sioux, Standing Rock, Cheyenne River, Lower Brule, reservations and tribes live well below the poverty level. I am an enrolled memebr and was raised on the rez. if the mailman is bringing a check i guess he got side tracked. If you are intrested in your heritage, hook up with local native peoples, learn the culture, you have lost a lot by not doing so, and dont look for a free ride that aint what were about
2006-11-11 13:00:24 · answer #2 · answered by paulisfree2004 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Whoever told you your 1/3 anything is wrong. It is biologically impossible. You can be 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, etc. You can be an exact multiple of any of the above. 1/x is only possible if x is a power of 2.
Legally, you may or may not be entitled to something. Morally, you are not.
2006-11-11 16:27:17 · answer #3 · answered by STEVEN F 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well.... if you had a band they would be able to help you with this.. you should try to find a native affairs office or go online. The government will have everything posted... (I think everyone hates weeding through political and legal documentation like that) So you will have to research it yourself to do a good job.
Also... I do hope that that money goes to people who need it and not just ones that want it because they are 'intitlied' to it. Seems to defeat the purpose...
2006-11-10 23:54:14 · answer #4 · answered by Trudy Bell 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
One of the Native Americans in your family has to have a role number.
2006-11-10 23:52:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Visit the public PowWow in Toronto next week, network with other First-Nations people from all over NorthAmerica
get info, professional contacts, government programmes, resources, etc, and enjoy the show too :)
http://www.canab.com/
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2006-11-10 23:54:09 · answer #6 · answered by million$gon 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sounds like a personal problem. My ex-wife had her family records to support here Cherokee status.
2006-11-11 22:05:42 · answer #7 · answered by iraq51 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a Legal Heir Certificate from your native place.
2006-11-11 09:18:21 · answer #8 · answered by amitabh_bachan1947 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i would like to know im 1/3 indian too,i didnt know it came with rights
2006-11-10 23:53:55 · answer #9 · answered by john doe 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
1/3 eh? How did you pull that one off? scientifically speaking.
2^?
2006-11-10 23:52:58 · answer #10 · answered by J G 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋