I've recently discovered I have Native American. We are from Arizona, but I don't know which tribe will be?

Answer 1

Here's a link on Arizona tribes
http://ag.arizona.edu/edrp/tribes.html

You'll want to follow the steps below for each tribe-
Basically call them and find out if your families name(s) are on the rolls. If none then you can submit articles to the tribal newspaper.


Information on how to become enrolled is listed below:

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, their blood quantum standards are much less.

If you don't have contact with your tribal member 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 tribal member .

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

Most likely Navajo. They are the predominate Indian tribe in the Arizona region.

Answer 3

I'm part Choctaw, and part Comanche, on my mom's side of the family and part Apache on my dad's side. all together I'm almost a quarter Indian. There were a lot of tribes in the four corners region, there are a lot of Indians in New Mexico too. Take the names of your ancestors and start digging. GOOD LUCK It's fun to try to trace your roots.

Answer 4

Could be out there, or could be anywhere else. You need to find out all where your family has been and where it came from. I'm in the east, yet our Native line is totally upper and lower Midwest as family was once out that way...

Answer 5

This question really made me smile, I guess you're a little excited about being part native American.

Answer 6

You have Native American? The hell does that mean?