But again.........IF we have Cherokee in those areas.....why are they not acknowledged by the people (not the government). I have heard too many times that the Cherokee people would not acknowledge the people who went to Missouri/Arkansas even though its known that some of our people went there. We're only out of luck to add our names to Roll's to be registered. But that's not my goal to begin with......and just because we can't find them on rolls doesn't mean that they aren't Cherokee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Martin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2012 4:06 PM Subject: Re: [CherokeeGene] genealogy > It's called the Dawes and Miller Indian rolls. They had to be on the > rolls/registered by a certain date. You can still be registered as a > Cherokee (Tahlequah, Okla) if you can prove your lineage to a Cherokee > ancestor. (Solid proof, not what aunt Jane or Uncle Joe told you.) If you > ancestors are not on these rolls, you are out of luck--------almost. > --------Col. Joe