my daughter's father is on an indian role, he is an eighth delaware indian...?
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Unfortunately the answer here is yes. Had I heard of this situation earlier I would have told you to not bother with all this planning. My niece is 1/4 Cherokee so we looked into all this information and, upon further review, you must be able to prove 1/8 Native American or greater to qualify as a member of the nation. Your daughter would be less than 1/8 if her father is 1/8. I regret to inform you that she is not going to be eligible for any of the Native American benefits.\n\nNow with that out of the way there is still a lot of hope for your daughter! Do NOT LET HER GIVE UP AND DO NOT GIVE UP YOURSELF! First, she can stay on your health care until age 24 if she is a student. If you do not have health care you need to look into how Medicaid works in your state as each state does it differently. Also, just about every university and college in the United States offers student health insurance and it can be paid for with financial aid assistance. \nAs for paying for college the best advice ever given is "where there's a will there's a way!" If she wants it bad enough there are programs to help pay for it. First, how are her grades? Second, how did she score on the ACT? Third, have you filled out financial aid forms (FAFSA, ETC). Until you have the FAFSA filled out and filed and are accepted into one or two universities, there is always hope for assistance to pay for school. Also, once financial aid packages are put together and offered you can speak to the University to get assistance finding outside sources of aid as well. Just because she is not a Native American by rule of blood, it is possible that she could qualify for a scholarship offered by her father's tribe. The University can also make a decision to change her aid package and offer her scholarships because after the FAFSA is filed and the school gets it, financial aid is a school decision. The FAFSA only guarantees ONE form of AID and that is the Pell Grant and the SEOG both of which are need based financial aid programs available to undergraduates who show a financial need and never have to be paid back! Beyond that, there are always loans and she can apply for scholarships. \nDepending on the school(s) she is applying to you need to keep in mind the early financial aid dates. Ultimately, the sooner you fill out the FAFSA and apply for financial aid the better your chances are to get the aid. The FAFSA for the 2007-2008 school year will require you to have filed your 2006 taxes as you use those numbers to fill it out. I would be happy to email with you and/or your daughter to help you through all this if you would like. If you click on my name there is a link to my email there and be sure to include a way to email you back. \n\nOh, and one more thing, be very careful about the website you use to fill out the FAFSA. DO NOT EVER PAY TO FILE THE FAFSA! Go to http://www.fafsa.gov to fill out this long and tedious government document. All the other sites will want you to pay for this and it is free. If you have problems filling it out or have questions either call the toll free number on their website OR go to ANY College, University, Community college and ask for help.\n\nGood luck and hope I can help more.
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And this is coming from the guy who said he'd be interested in an open discussion with me about 1 book he read about the history of the American Indians which made him an instant expert on early American Indians' tribal societies.\n\nWhen I refuted some of his claims, he immeditately started in with the insults on me.\nSo much for really being interested in learning about my ancestors from a modern American Indian such as myself.\n\np.s. I suggest that "zeepogee" watch School House Rock's "America" video. The "Great American Melting Pot" might help this person realize that America is not just "white", but multi-colored, & multi-racial.
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I'm 3/4 Ojibwe tribe, 1/4 French Canadian.  I've never been registered, though I've been requested to do so.\nMy reason...I want to teach my daughter to make her own way in this world, not to rely on any government entity, solely based on her heritage.\nOur wars were fought, and lost.  To the victor go the spoils.\n\nThat being said, when my daughter and I attend baseball games, and they sing the National Anthem, I still get tears in my eyes, because I can feel how Francis Scott Key felt when he penned those immortal words.\nI take pride in America.  I wouldn't live anywhere else on this planet.\n\nAmerican Indians can still practice their tribe's religious beliefs without accepting government money.  Isn't that what "independence" is supposed to be all about?\n\np.s. If you still want to register, check with your local Bureau of Indian Affairs Office.
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here go to this website and explore from there. i dont know what indian heritage he/she is so i cant tell you right off hand. so start here maybe it will help you.\n\nhttp://www.weddingdetails.com/lore/native.cfm\n\nor may i also suggest the you give them pottery, some native americans love pottery. the wedding is so spiritual. so i cant tell you what will be a perfect gift. maybe talk to your friends mom and ask her what you should give them. she will know.
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incomplete detail.\n\nIt was ancestral property ? When your father left India? When did he die.  it is a complicated issue. You may be entitled for share. \nHindu joint family acts like a trust. All the members are like members of the trust.  But succession law is quite complicated. \n\nyou need a real lawyer.
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being a brother and a muslim i know how you feel. you helped me with my situation and i will try to help you with yours parents are key and are most important (you think my parents know i like this girl, no probably not) but sooner or later they will find out whether i tell them or not so now you must weigh your options how much is this guy worth if alot then you must be able to tell your father that his rath is miniscule to the amount of love you have towards this person. walking a tight rope is not fun i know how you feel i have been doing it all my life. and the whole paki indian thing doesn't make your situation worse the girl i am trying to ask out is puerto rican my parents are going to rage but sooner or later they will understand as your parents will that keeping a child is more important than who they be with good luck.
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He's an American and I believe that he comes from a multi-racial family.  I have read an article that states which parent is what race but I can't remember when or where.
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I'm not sure what you mean by real indians. I don't know much about the area today, but\n there is alot of native history in PA, and I think the area you are talking about was seneca land.\n\n Since I'm not sure what you mean by real indians, because your definition can vary from others... I'm assuming you mean "enrolled/recognized" indians and that cannot be answered by myself as I do not live there.  Otherwise there is probably lots of people who have native ancestry living there.
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from yo mamma,\n\njust kidding, depends on what time period, what part of the country and how traditional the indians were.  My tribe, in the old days, named people after what they did in life (or were caught doing.).  My name was given to my grandfather after he went to an Indian boarding school and is really a first name in your language....
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Do you have Native American backround? A full rundown of tribal membership arcana would fill several volumes, as each of the nation's 562 federally recognized tribes has its own rules, typically outlined in their respective constitutions. In general, however, tribes use either the blood quantum system or the descent system. The former approach uses an ancestry threshold to determine an applicant's fitness for membership. Many tribes require that aspirants possess a certain degree, or percentage, of the relevant "Indian blood," in addition to satisfying a few other ancestry requirements. The Nez Perce, for example, will grant membership only to those "who are at least one fourth degree Nez Perce Indian ancestry born to a member of the Nez Perce Tribe." So, an applicant with one biological parent who was half Nez Perce by blood, as well as a tribal member, would have a good shot at making the rolls, too.\n\nTo determine blood quantum, many tribes ask applicants to obtain a Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood, issued by the BIA. Those seeking a CDIB must provide the government with primary sources, such as birth certificates and marriage records, to prove their level of Native American ancestry. The CDIB, or "white card," then lists the precise percentage of the bearer's blood that is Indian. If the required threshold is met, the hopeful can then apply directly to a tribe using the blood quantum system.\n\nYou can also get information from the DOI - indian ancestry see link below \n\nLet me see your papers. Yawwnn. Zzzzzzz.
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Indian hubbys are real chicken...Give him some hard time...he will back on the negotiation table. But the parents...they are real hardcore...depending on the level of education ....Once in a while put the parents on the spotlight....then try to get 'em hooked up to some guilt trip for any good reason. Share this little secrets with your daughters so that they think it's a game and they don't get affected by this crap. At the same time....on of these days they have to deal with their husbands too!
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I don't and I consider myself a spiritualist.  Not so much a medium, but definitely a spiritualist.  I don't have an Indian guide, but I do have Native American blood.  Does that change it any?
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Hm mm your first mistake was in going to a governmental agency.  go to an attorney who handles job related suits.  \n\nIt goes even further than you have found.  My mother and father were both half Native American.  My grandmother's  older brother grew up on a reservation.  I can remember my uncle trying to teach me to speak some native language.  BUT in the US I am not recognized as Native American because I don't have  Blood Degree.  \n\nHammy  ... I thought native Americans were a race  not a political affiliation?\n\nIf I put down Native American it is discounted because I can't produce a Blood Degree.  BUT if I put down that I am Afro-American no one will question it.  \n\nAt any rate go see the proper attorney.  it may take you a while to find the right kind of attorney.  Very few specialize in the filed you need.  And you have to have proof that they did the same thing  PROOF.  it i snot an attorney's job to find proof.  it is yours.\n\nGood luck!
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You can check your mother's birth certificate, her mother's birth certificate. Trace your families history to help prove the fact.\n\nOther than that, you can't really "prove" your Indian. Just like I can't "prove" I'm Irish besides the fact my father was Irish.
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Well...I have a relationship with an American Indian...we have few issues like these but when it comes to animals or land issues....I hear it for months....I love him...and I must try to be more considerate of his background.
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There are many different factors to consider.\n\n#1. When most Native Americans were registered with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, many non-pure blood people were admitted as 4/4 blood quantum.  This is particularly true of many Eastern tribes, who look nothing like the Native Americans in the Southwest.\n\n#2. It is possible that he inherited a less dominant gene from his mother which would result in his white skin, blonde hair, and blue eyes.\n\n#3. There are several post-secondary schools which a registered member of a federally-recognized tribe can attend tuition-free.  He would still have to pay for room and board though.  Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO is one example of a post-secondary school that offers a tuition-free education for registered members of a federally-recognized tribe.\n\n#4. Several states have agreements with tribes whose reservation resides within their state.  Montana offers free tuition to any in-state school for registered members of tribes who graduate on their respective reservations that are located within Montana.\n\n#5. Most smaller tribes have a scholarship program to pay for some, if not all, college expenses.  Larger tribes, such as the Navajo tribe, will typically pay for part of a student's college expenses.\n\nI am full-blooded Dinè, aka Navajo.  To give you some perspective on how widely financial aid varies for Native Americans, I had my first two years off college paid through scholarships and grants.  Approximately 1/5 of my college costs were paid for by my tribe.  The rest was paid for by scholarships and grants that any person can get.  For the last two years of college, I had to take out a student loan.  I do know several Native American college graduates who had their costs completely paid for by their tribe.  Those tribes tend to have an enrollment of less than a 1000 members though so they don't have to split the funds they set aside for scholarships with a lot of people whereas the Navajo tribe does.
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I'm old enough to be your grampa, however I'd denounce any grandson of mine with a name like Kaspa, sounds creepy.\nNationality? I'm Scotch America, German American, Perhaps a little Irish American (though I seldom admit it) might also be a little English American. After you get all the info. you need you may have a best seller, at least for"answers".