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Meanwhile, the Cherokee Nation requires applicants to descend from an ancestor in the 1906 Dawes roll (direct lineal ancestry), but does not impose minimum blood quantum requirement. The United Keetoowah Band requires a minimum 1/4 blood quantum.
"The UKB has a minimum blood quantum requirement of one quarter (1/4) degree Keetoowah Cherokee blood." [7] Cherokee Nation requirements are as follows: The applicant must "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 ...
Blood quantum is traced from the ancestor listed on the 1924 Baker Roll. A person with a blood quantum of less than 1/16th is an Eastern Band Cherokee descendant, but not a tribal citizen. The Eastern Band Cherokee nation does not allow DNA testing to be used to determine tribal citizenship, unless the test is to determine parentage.
In order to be enrolled in the EBCI, one must have at least one direct, lineal ancestor that appears on the 1924 Baker Roll of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and must possess at least 1/16 degree of Eastern Cherokee blood to meet the tribe's blood quantum requirement. [34]
At this time there is no minimum blood quantum requirement for tribal enrollment, however applicants must prove their connection to a direct family member or ancestor who was an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Tribe of Northeast Alabama or a verifiable ancestor from an approved Federal Census, Reservation or Allotment Record, or other ...
The Cherokee Nation and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians (UKB) use the Guion Miller Roll and the Dawes Rolls in order to determine eligibility for tribal citizenship. The UKB also uses the 1949 United Keetoowah Band Base Roll. The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians only uses the Baker Roll to determine eligibility for tribal ...
Members of Bell’s family did travel to Texas in the 1840s and stayed for about 20 years before they returned to the Cherokee Nation, according to a 1972 book, “Genealogy of Old & New Cherokee ...
There are three Cherokee tribes: the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) based in North Carolina and who require a minimum blood quantum of 1/16, based on the Baker Rolls; the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians (UKB), based in Oklahoma that requires a minimum blood quantum of 1/4; and the Cherokee Nation (CN), based in Oklahoma who ...