do you you have american indian in you?

Question

I was just wonderin how much you need in your blood you need to go to collage free my mothers mother fathers father marryed a indian so how much

Answer 1

Oh, yeah, several different tribes, plus Eskimo and Innuit.
What you outline is 1/16th; I have heard/read that you need to be at least 1/4. College is so cheap nowadays (compared to other things) that even if you can not earn a scholarship, you can go to college if you set your mind to it.

Answer 2

Your mother's mother is your grandmother. Her father is your great grandfather and his father would be your great great grandfather.

So your great great grandmother was Native. That would make you 1/16 Native. In a few tribes this is enough to be enrolled. For some colleges this may be enough to prove descendancy.

To get anything for being Native one must be enrolled in their tribe. Information on how to do this is posted below. However, becoming enrolled only to get something for free is offensive and inappropriate.

Having said that there are a few colleges that will allow those who can prove Native descendency a reduced or eliminated tuition. One such school is in Boulder, Colorado. You can check that out. There are also a lot of scholarships out there for Native people who can prove descendency.


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 3

let me get this straight. . . your grandmother's grandfather married a Native American? That would be your great great grandfather's wife that was Native. "Collage" is spelled college by the way, and you'd need documentation and I'm pretty sure, no, almost positive that there isn't a close enough relation there. Sorry. I had my bubble burst on the same thing a few years ago.

It was my mother's mother's father and it still wasn't a close enough relation.

Answer 4

Yes, I have a Great Grandmother who was Kickapoo Indian (Native) of Kickapoo Valley Wisconsin.

Samadhi

Answer 5

Ignore Violet's stupidity.
Im sure it is not your first language, also I am sure she only speaks english. So typical...

As for your question, I really dont know.

Answer 6

Sometimes as little as one eighth. Depends on the state I think. You also have to able to prove it which is a challenge. There is Algonquin in my mothers family, but despite years of research she can't figure out who exactly.

Answer 7

As I understand it, you need to be one eighth Native American to qualify for special benefits. If one Indian great-great-grandparent is all you have, you're only one sixteenth and don't qualify. Is there any such ancestry in any other branch of your lineage?

Answer 8

There are certain requirements depending on the type of scholarship you are seeking they go by the percentage of indian that is in you. Plus you have to be able to prove it with tribal records.

Answer 9

Based on the grammar and spelling in your question, I would say that you are not ready for college. You misspelled some very basic, simple words, and made some very basic grammar mistakes. You need to master elementary level spelling and grammar first before you can think about college.

Answer 10

Aww... I have no relations to American Indians. *sobs*

Gin Lawliet.