Native American question?

The Cherokee (American Indian ) bloodline can be on either side , it is the maternal bloodline which designates the clan.

There are three Cherokee Nations: East (North Carolina), West (Eastern Oklahoma) & Keetoowah (Eastern Oklahoma).

Eastern Band of Cherokee:

www.nc-cherokee.com/

United Keetoowah Band:

www.unitedkeetoowahband.org/

Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma:

www.cherokee.org

INFORMATION: To be eligible for CDIB/Tribal Citizenship with the Cherokee Nation, you must be able to provide documents that connect you to an enrolled lineal ancestor, who is listed on the (DAWES ROLL) FINAL ROLLS OF CITIZENS AND FREEDMEN OF THE FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES, Cherokee Nation. This roll was taken between 1899-1906 of Citizens and Freedmen residing in Indian Territory (now NE Oklahoma).

Many applicants do not qualify for CDIB/Citizenship as their ancestors did not meet the enrollment requirements and were not enrolled. Certain requirements had to be met in order to be placed on the Dawes Roll.

CDIB/Tribal Citizenship are issued through natural parents. In adoption cases, CDIB/Citizenship must be proven through the BIOLOGICAL PARENT to the enrolled ancestor. A copy of the Final Decree of Adoption, and a State Certified, Full Image/Photocopy of the Birth Record must accompany the application. All information will remain confidential.

INSTRUCTIONS & RESEARCH REFERRAL:

Complete the application/ancestry chart in ink and provide the following documents.

A parent or legal guardian may complete and sign the application/ancestry chart for minor child applicants and provide the following documents.

Attach the ORIGINAL STATE CERTIFIED FULL IMAGE/PHOTOCOPY OF THE BIRTH RECORD of the applicant and a copy of an immediate family member’s CDIB/Citizenship card

If no one in the family has received CDIB/Citizenship, attach ORIGINAL STATE CERTIFIED DOCUMENTS (BIRTH/DEATH) CERTIFICATES beginning with the applicant back to the enrollee.

If your enrollee ancestor DIED after 1962, submit the ORIGINAL STATE CERTIFIED DEATH CERTIFICATE. This is needed to assist us in our review.

Mail the applications and the original documents to the Cherokee Nation Registration Department. Should further information be needed to complete the applications, we will contact you for specific documents.

Should we be unable to issue you CDIB/Citizenship, a letter of explanation will be sent to you by restricted/certified mail. An Appeals Process will accompany the letter, should you not agree with our findings/decision.

Processing time may vary. The Registration Department does not provide research services. You can do research on your computer or contact your local library for access to a computer to do your research on the internet:

google the site of the Cherokee tribe and they can start you on the correct path. there are many of THE PEOPLE who live outside the reservations and are a part of what many term

" mainstream American Culture. "

there is quite a difference in studying enjoying and participating in various events to preserve, protect and defend your Cherokee Ancestry and living on the Reservation.

Many Native Americans will inform you living on " the Rez " is not what it is thought to be. the income is low, the health benefits terrible, employment is low, along with many other disadvantages.

close by people are greater close by then the White settlers that can to united states of america interior the 1500's. no longer many countries are close by to their own land. Africans and center Easterns could be the only ones that stayed interior the land they have been born in. The others immigrated and went to different international locations.

ok tribal membership comes from the mothers side so if your mom is part native american your a tribal member, congratulations! study about them on the internet meet with them ( if you know about any) im full lakota (sioux) good luck!

Reservations aren't great places to live.