They had restricted legal rights for a long time. As I recall from someone else' email, full-bloods could not sign legal documents. They had to have a white guardian. George Ann >From: Mhilton33@aol.com >Reply-To: CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com >To: CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [CHOCTAW-SE] Surname: Wirt in Arkansas >Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 08:36:04 EDT > >Hi its me again: > >My Grandmother was a full blood Cherokee but she did not say so on her >papers >because she could not have gotten Grandpa's pension. Indians were frowned >on >in the late 1800s and early 1900.' > >Just a thought,.Marian > > >==== CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST Mailing List ==== >HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE.... >Send msg. to CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L-request@rootsweb.com >Put "one" word in "body" of message:... "unsubscribe" without the quotes >and spelled correctly. >Nothing in the subject line... Turn off signatures....... _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com