im 50% cherokee indian and 25% black foot indian my father was whole but im adopted how do i prove im indian?

Question

my father was whole like i said 1/2 Cherokee and 1/2 black foot my mother was 1/2 Choerokee making me 1/2 Cherokee and 1/4 black foot however i was adopted when i was 10 and i never met my father how do i prove im what i say i am one paper work and scholarships and stuff?

Answer 1

In order to qualify for any benefits reserved for American Indians, including "scholarships and stuff," you must be an enrolled member/citizen of a US federally recognized tribe. You will need to meet the tribe's enrollment requirements in order to gain citizenship. Each tribe has its own requirements. You can only be enrolled with one tribe even if you descend from more than one.
You will have to determine which of the three US federally recognized Cherokee tribes you descend from and contact the enrollment department of the appropriate tribe.
Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma (http://www.cherokee.org/),
United Keetowah Band of Cherokee (http://www.unitedkeetoowahband.org/), and
Eastern Band Cherokee (http://www.cherokee-nc.com/). There is no "Blackfoot" tribe in the US. There is, however, the BlackFEET Tribe of Montana (http://www.blackfeetnation.com/).

Again in order to become enrolled, you will have to 1) meet the tribes requirements for enrollment and 2) furnish documents such as birth/death certificates linking yourself to a person on the tribe's base roll.

Answer 2

You are going to have to work your family tree backward and then look on the dawes roll to see if any of them are there. If they aren't then you won't be able to get registered. At least thats what the Cherokee tribe told me.

If you are only in it for what you THINK you can get then give up now. Its up to the trib if they accept you or not even if you have the paperwork

Answer 3

Start with a birth certificate. Try to contact people from the Cherokee and Blackfoot nations, and see what they can do to help.

Answer 4

You have to find out what proof an organization wants. What are their requirements? Then you just have to acquire and present that proof.

Answer 5

Do a rain dance. If it rains, you're Indian.
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