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Today's Native American Mail Bag Question:
QUESTION:
We have recently traced my husband's roots to Pocahontas. His Grandmother had always told him there was a relation, but he never had any proof. He is now interested in joining a tribe. Is this something that is completed in the state we reside? We have found that there is a Accohannock Tribe in Maryland, but we reside in North Carolina. Thanks in advance for your assistance.
~Submitted by Connie C.
Answer:
Hi Connie,
The state you reside in has nothing to do with your eligibility for enrollment in any native american indian tribe. Enrollment eligibility is determined solely by the tribe and your state government and the state the tribe is located in has no role in determinging this.
Enrollment is usually based on a degree of indian blood traceable to a specific relative who is on the tribal roll today, and/or on a government roll that recorded members of a tribe at the time that tribe went onto a reservation or drafted a constitution or charter. You can usually live anywhere, even in a foreign country, and still be a tribal member if you meet that tribe's enrollment requirements. A few tribes require you to reside on their reservation on at least a part-time basis for enrollment, but most don't.
You would apply for tribal membership at the tribal offices of whatever tribe you are decended from, in whatever state their offices are now located, regardless of where you live. This can usually be done through the mail.
Most tribes have a minimum blood quantum requirement for enrollment today. Because of intermarriage between different tribes and non-indians, many people only have a small fraction of indian blood from a specific tribe in their heritage and are many generations removed from their indian ancestor, which seems to be the case of your husband. At some point this becomes nearly indistinguishable from other Americans, who may be part Irish, part Italian, part African American, or whatever. Most Americans of our generation come from some sort of ethnic melting pot.
Each American Indian tribe in the US decides in their constitution by-laws what the blood quantum cutoff will be. Usually this is somewhere between 1/8 and 4/4 tribal blood, with 1/4 being the most common requirement, although there are some exceptions. A few tribes will enroll you regardless of blood quantum if you can trace at least one parent's bloodline to someone on their original rolls, or if one parent is currently enrolled. Some tribes also have a time requirement for how long after birth you have to apply for membership in the tribe, and some require you to return to the reservation to live from time to time in order to be eligible for membership. The requirements for enrollment are different for each tribe.
Also, Pocahontas did not belong to the Accohannock Tribe in Maryland. Her immediate family were members of the Pamunkey tribe, which is still located in Virginia. The Pamunkey tribe is state recognized, but does not have federal recognition.
However, it is possible one of her decendants may have married someone from the Accohannock Tribe. One decendant of Pocahontas in the Byrd line married a Rapphannock woman. Their son is currently enrolled with his matrilineal Rappannock tribe due to his ancestry on the mother's side.
Other Pocahontas decendants belong to the Powhatan Renape Nation, an american indian nation located at the Rankokus Indian Reservation in Westampton, New Jersey. This is a state recognized native american tribe. They are not recognized by the federal government as a tribal entity.
The Powhatan Confederacy once consisted of more than thirty tribes in eastern Virginia who had a loose political alliance. The Eastern shore of Maryland also had tribes which were probably part of the Powhatan Confederacy. These tribes included: the Nanticokes which had about 200 warriors; the Accowmacks and Accohanocks in Northampton County; and the Pawtuxents and other tribes which lived on the Patuxent River.
Each small tribe was basically independent, as there was no centralized authority (and no chiefs who ruled them all). Wahunsunacock, known as Chief Powhatan in English, is credited with creating this alliance of tribes. He was the hereditary chief of four of the tribes in the Powhatan Confederacy and the father of Pocahontas.
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