What percentage of Native American do you have to be to join a tribe???

Answer 1

To become enrolled in one's tribe is often a difficult process. Once one is enrolled one will have certain rights as a Native person. It is true that no one needs to prove their ethnic identity but to have full access to rights for Native people one must be enrolled.

To become enrolled one must first should call one's tribe and find out the enrollment requirements. They are different per tribe.
For most tribes you have to prove descendency and have a certain blood quantum. To prove descendency one needs to have some record of her belonging to a member of the tribe that was recognized by the tribe at some point, hopefully an individual that was enrolled at some point. The average blood quantum standard is 1/4. Unless you are Cherokee, they pretty much accept any blood quantum.

If you don't have contact with your father then you can ask the tribe to look for his last name. They can look this up and see if his family line is registered. If so then your in luck. If they don't immediately find it then you can use the tribal newspaper and submit an article asking if anyone has lineage to your father.

Many Native people can never become enrolled because standards of enrollment are high and were set up by the White government to oppress Native people and Native people have yet to change them.

To become more involved in one'sculture one might want to look up local Native organizations or local tribes. Try going to Pow-wow's (because they are easy to find) and talk to community members there. Many colleges/universities have a Native student union where one can get involved or get more information.

Please remember ancestry is very difficult for many Native people.

By the way, I am Native, so I have some knowledge pertaining to this.

Answer 2

There are several degrees of "tribe" and some are more open to joining than others.
Some are recognized by the federal government.
Others are not, but are recognized by a state.
Some are not recognized by either, in which case you might suspect that they are not "genuine" and in truth some are New Age creations. Other tribes, not recognized by state or fed, are actually the decendants of very traditional Native Americans, especially in the East Coast, who hid from the authorities rather than be marched west to reservations 130 years ago. Often their families never did "register". As we meet people from tribes today we find that they are often, not always, open to sharing their activites.
The wind has shifted, and the older generation often hid their native ancestry. But in today's society many younger people with small percentages of native blood are searching out their roots and learning about their tribe's traditions.
On the other hand, getting tribal benefits, for someone not already known by a tribe, is not going to work.

Answer 3

You don't have to have any Native American blood to join a tribe. If a tribe believes you are pure of heart in your actions toward the other members and the tribe itself, they can and most of the time will "adopt" you into the tribe. But, if you are talking about joining a tribe for the benefits, " money ", from the government, you have to prove that you have at least 25% Native American blood. That means you have to provide the paperwork and documentation that your parent or parents are at least 50% Native American.
To get the correct information, contact individual tribes.

Answer 4

Sorry, you can't just join A tribe, it would have to be whatever tribe your family originates from. And you'd have to have a high enough degree by their standards and be permitted to join...

Just please, stay away from the illegitimate fake "tribes," there are quite a few fakes out there that are happy to take people's money and let them believe they got enrolled with a tribe when its not even real. Even if they get together and do stuff, it is such in insult to the real ones...and to the real one you have ancestors from...

Answer 5

It depends on the tribe, but in our area I have heard 25% (same as for Government benefits . However, if you can trace you heritage back far enough you can accumulate extra point credit(depending on the treaties that your ancestors had with the Government)

A tribe is just another word for a family (in the general since). So blood lines are important, but their are adoptions- so to say.

Answer 6

If you plan on registering, the date has passed where you can register for benefits of being a native american.

Answer 7

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