about american indian incomes?

Question

i was told while back that there are alots of indians who has enough indian blood can qualify for incomes. is that true or am i making any sense>? my father is full blooded and my mother is half and i never met my father. also he never paid child support to my mother and she raised 4 kids on her own without a cent in child support. how do i get thru this and whatso?

Answer 1

One benefit of becoming enrolled is that you will have more of a cultural connection to your people. And you will have more opportunity to learn about your culture. You will also qualify for certain benifits such as scholarships.

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

If you are qualified you will earn approximately $4000 a month. Most Indians are highly qualified and earn at least that much initially

Answer 3

You need to check with the Tribe your parents are from. There are forms to fill out and some help for nearly everyone with your kind of bloodline. Check it out. Just put in the name of the tribe and check them out online.