How can I join the Cherokee tribe?

Question

My great grandpa owned some land in a cherokee reservation, but he died a long time ago. Would the land still be his? And if it is, could I somehow prove my ancestory with the land he owns?

i'm 50% cherokee

Answer 1

use this website

http://www.infca.org/tribes/IRA.htm

it is all the information on the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, you should find your answers there.

Answer 2

Well...trying to gain admittance to claim rights to the land?
How very.....unethical....
Wow.

Well....beware the Cherokees are thinning their ranks if you know what I mean.
They've dismissed Black Cherokees as a part of the group. This occurred last month I think. I don't know if was some or just all but it was a significant number.
And so very wrong. Because the article I read suggested that the decision-makers weren't even 'fullbloods'. I just bet some of those Black Cherokees have as much Native blood as the Natives on the council who made the decision do. It's a slap in the face to me!

Good thing my family never legally 'claimed' them...and we could have! I'd never try now. I know they're the biggest of the groups but you don't see the Seminoles, Creeks or other Natives doing this to their 'own'.

But I'm telling you this to let you know that they're probably doing the same things to whites who have Cherokee blood.
The Black Cherokees just made the news because they are the Black Cherokees. LOL. But I'm sure their cutting everybody who isn't of a certain percentage.

The Cherokees are doing this it to protect their assets (LAND, federal aid and grants, things of that nature).
I think they're trying to keep it 'fullblooded' so that everything stays within the group and their own can benefit. I understand in a way.... They have to protect their people. I guess.

And.....re-reading your post I can see WHY they're doing it.
Too many people infiltrating them and taking advantage of what belongs to them.
Are you even of Cherokee blood?
Shameless.....

So if you can do it then whatever. Nothing appreciate like land! But you may have a fight on your hands....that's all I'm saying. Just be forewarned. And if you get in try to have more respect for those people.

'They' are more than their 'land'.