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Monday, 04 September 2006 |
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TAKING STEPS FOUR THROUGH SIX
Steps four through six contain the final steps to researching your Native American ancestry and obtaining tribal enrollment. To learn these steps you must join the “Black Red Roots Community”. Joining the community gives you access research information and access to a group of people that are learning about their heritage and sharing it with others in ‘common unity’.
Once you learn your heritage what do you have to look forward to? The Native American Rights Fund (NARF) answers the question as follows: Contrary to popular belief, Indians do not receive payments from the federal government simply because they have Indian blood. Funds distributed to a person of Indian descent may represent mineral lease income on property that is held in trust by the United States or compensation for lands taken in connection with governmental projects. Some Indian tribes receive benefits from the federal government in fulfillment of treaty obligations or for the extraction of tribal natural resources — a percentage of which may be distributed as per capita among the tribe's membership. Basically the answer is you can enjoy the benefits that have accrued to you from your ancestors. Article by CherokeeCloud Written September 5, 2006 |
