5spd4wd t1_j77tgaf wrote
Most tribes require a specific percentage of Native “blood,” called blood quantum, in addition to being able to document which tribal member you descend from. Some tribes require as much as 25% Native heritage, and most require at least 1/16th Native heritage, which is one great-great grandparent. Dec 18, 2012
imaginaryferret t1_j792q2e wrote
Yep. My tribes requirements is being able to trace an ancestor on the Dawes roll, but you have to be at least 25% blood quantum to be in the tribal council
[deleted] t1_j798frg wrote
Most of the tribes in Oklahoma only require that you have at least one relative that signed the Dawes rolls. To be an elder though, many require 1/4. Most tribal members in Oklahoma are of majority white heritage.
5spd4wd t1_j79f0lv wrote
I live in a state with a very high number of tribes but I don't know much at all about who is and who isn't considered NA by DNA.
[deleted] t1_j79gudu wrote
In Oklahoma, it doesn’t go off DNA or even proven ancestry- it goes strictly off the Dawes rolls. Dawes was a man hired by the US government to make a list of all Native Americans for land grants etc. If any of your ancestors signed these rolls, you can get a CDIB card (certified degree of Indian blood) which is the only way to enroll in the tribes there. Once you are enrolled in a tribe, you are considered Native American even if you are majority white. It is not uncommon to see CDIB cardholders with 1/124th or 1/215th etc. Anyone with 1/4 or more is extremely rare and they are eligible to be elders and often get offered special jobs at the nation.
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