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Genealogy : How Much Native Blood do one have????
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From: MSN NicknameAnnie-LL  (Original Message)Sent: 3/17/2006 4:06 AM

Blood Quanta

Historically, a number of tribes practiced the adoption of captives into their group to replace tribe members who had been killed in battle or captured. These captives came from rival tribes and later also from European settlers. Bands or entire tribes occasionally split or merged to form viable groups in reaction to the pressures of climate, disease and warfare. Some tribes also sheltered or adopted white traders and blacks, both runaway slaves and Indian-owned slaves. So a number of paths to genetic mixing existed.

However, to qualify for recognition and assistance from the U.S. federal government or for tribal money and services, Native Americans have to not only belong to a recognized tribal entity but also to qualify as members of that entity. This has taken a number of different forms as each tribal government makes its own rules while the federal government has separate standards in some areas as well. In many cases, this is based on the percentage of Indian blood, or the "blood quanta". This has led to a number of disputes as groups are disallowed or membership restricted, sometimes in disputes over tribal casino income. Some tribes have even begun requiring genetic genealogy (DNA testing).[24]

Requirements vary widely: the Cherokee require only a descent from an Indian listed on the early 20th century Dawes Rolls while federal scholarships require enrollment in a federally recognized tribe as well as a Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood card showing at least a one-quarter percentage of Indian descent. Tribal rules regarding recognition of members with Indian blood from multiple tribes are equally diverse and complex.

Tribal membership conflicts have led to a number of activist groups, legal disputes and even court cases. One example is the Cherokee Freedman, descendants of slaves owned by the Cherokees. The Cherokees had allied with the Confederate States of America in the American Civil War and, after the war, were forced by the federal government in an 1866 treaty to free their slaves and make them citizens. They were later disallowed as tribe members due to their not having "Indian blood". However, efforts to obtain membership continue.



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From: MSN Nicknamedollyann60Sent: 8/20/2006 9:50 PM
AnnieLL- I read a paper that said we have more tribes than once were thought and when the us cinces were taken they found indians in all states back in the woods and alone streams.
I also found out in studing things about my Mother who was both Charokee and Camanchie that I am 3/4 American Indian yet like so many other who were taken from there family and given to the pale faces to raise the tribes don't except us as we don't and some never knew there parents. The states adopeted us out or in some cases changed our names at birth when given away to the pale faces.
I learned that my mother may have belong to a warrior indian who feared nothing and that is why I am this way. I don't understand why I can lay hands on a persons body who is sick and say words to the great spirit to heal this person or take them where he wants them to be in this life. Emma

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From: MSN Nicknamedrkbluchippertre222Sent: 2/25/2007 5:21 AM
1\16   my granny was ha;f