In a message dated 4/6/01 12:37:31 PM Pacific Daylight Time, CHAHTA-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > There are many Indian's who didn't enroll as NA so the goverment wouldn't > get into their business. I am sure thats why lots of the ones who can't find > any documentation can't find that. I also heard that in some places if you > were NA and told you were 1/2 or more blood that the goverment said that you > had to have a white person take care of your business. Has anyone else heard > this? > Yes, that was true. My Choctaw grandmother had to get permission to handle her own land!!! Mary