How do I find out the degree of Indian Blood I have?

Question

My mother is a Mewok and is registered as 7/32 Miwok. Her dad was registered as 7/16. She is enrolled and named on the California Judgment Fund Roll of California Indians. My grandmother was Chak-tau Indian.

Answer 1

I am Seminole Indian. I needed to obtain a CDIB or Certificate Degree of Indian Blood. It is like my Indian Birth Certificate. I got it from The Department of the Interior. From there I was able to register with the Great Seminole Nation of Oklahoma.

Just so you know, you can only register with one tribe and you have to be able to trace your lineage back to the ancestor with the roll number and provide documentation.

californiavalleymiwoktribe-nsn.gov

I think that is your tribal website.

Good Luck

Answer 2

Hey K Darlyn,

You have some good answers.

The degree of Indian Blood is a percentage / fraction. It is a math calculation of :
( your Mothers percent divide by 2) plus (your Fathers percent divided by 2) = your percent. If your Father has none, then you are half of what your mother is, or 7/64. Then you say your grandmother was Chak-tau - from which side? your Mother? Then you need to figure how much Chak-Tau.

You already know a lot about your ancestry, the rest is making the connections. You need to establish your grandmother apparently, your connection to her and her connection to her percent or CDIB registration. Perhaps she never followed up and her parents did. Sounds like you have positive basis anyway.

I am posting some helpful sites including information about the Chaktau Nations and the subordinate tribes; DNA; Department of Interior; and other useful sites.

Answer 3

11/128 is almost halfway between a million/sixteen (8/128) and a million/8 (sixteen/128). that's amazingly on the brink of three/32 (12/128). What all this fractional mess in certainty skill in undeniable English is that, in case you bypass decrease back seven generations you have 128 large- large- large- large- large- grandparents, and 11 out of those 128 g-g-g-g-g-gramps are "finished-blooded" Indian. actual that's greater complicated than that, inclusive of 10 finished-blooded and a pair of 0.5-blooded out of 128 (any fractional sum that provides up frivolously to 11 out of 128), yet I doubt that's the case. maximum in all probability the guy who adjusted you from a million/sixteen Indian to 11/128 Indian merely stumbled on 3 greater finished-blooded Indian ancestors seven generations decrease back on your genealogy (to bypass with the 8 out of 128 (a million out of sixteen) which you already knew approximately).

Answer 4

Try checking with the Mi-wok Nation they should be able to assist you and if you can prove that your Grandmother was Choctaw Indian, then Contact the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and see if she is listed on their books. http://www.choctawnation.com

Answer 5

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