You should speak to our resident expert on the DNA of the American Indian. He happens to be the listowner of this very list. It is my understanding that DNA testing has not nor will it likely ever prove that any Indians are a lost Tribe of Israel. BJ Reece Where are you looking? The Cherokee were part of the Algonquin Nation.It was huge. They also went to Canada.( RAN?)They claim to have been here for thirteen thousand years.