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enrolling in the Indian tribe and need to obtain a death cert. and the marriage license of the parents? Where do I go? thank you.

2007-03-12 03:01:10 · 5 answers · asked by mc 2 in Arts & Humanities Genealogy

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Sometimes these records for Native people were burned. That is the sad truth. You would want to call the county their were married and or died in to get the certificates. You will need as much info. as possible to do this. I have also included information on how to become enrolled, there might be something in there that is helpful to you.

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.

2007-03-14 19:21:20 · answer #1 · answered by RedPower Woman 6 · 0 0

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2016-12-01 21:17:32 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

If you are working Oklahoma/ Indian territory, it can be tricky. There were some counties created, but there also was the issue of tribal jurisdiction.
Especially in the late 1800s time frame to 1907, when Okla became a state. Of course, death certs would not be available prior to statehood, but other equivalent records might be.
Since I had family that migrated into Okla. before 1900, I have run into some of the overlaps on where marriages are, and might be able to help. You can reach me through my profile if you like.

2007-03-12 08:24:07 · answer #3 · answered by wendy c 7 · 0 1

I don't know if Indian tribes have a different or separate sytem for that sort of information, but you should be able to get it from the Vital Records Clerk or Town Clerk where the events occurred.

2007-03-12 03:10:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

The records are held by the county clerk(s) where your parents were married and where the deceased relative was pronounced dead. It does bear mentioning that the county where they resided and the county where they died might be different, so take that into consideration. If you have trouble finding the records, contact the funeral director who handled family funerals. They keep copies of death certificates for each person whose funeral they handle (required for interment of any body) and they keep their records forever.

2007-03-12 06:28:40 · answer #5 · answered by GenevievesMom 7 · 2 0

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