Richard, If I ever make it into the Creek Nation.. I'll marry you..just so you can make it too. You have earned the honor. YesterdayI I mailed an article on Osceola to Creek-Southeast. I know William Powell's Death date is wrong and I made a few type errors. I have a new computer and I forget to read before I sent.... That and I am now almost Blind.. I never really paid much attention to Powell as he was not the father of Osceola or Missouri (Miss Sarah) I went by memory and at age 80 , it's not always % accurate . James McQueen was the first white man accepted into the Creek Nation. Here I am 8 generations later trying to do the same thing.. . I have 3 generations... I will be leaving here with all my notes to carry on. A strange thing happened to me recently.. during the night I walked into the bathroom ..an Indian woman was looking at me thru the mirror and said"GOOD MORNING WHITE BIRD", I answered out loud " GOOD MORNING".. It was real. .. I stayed awake for the rest of the night. Ever since I have wondered if that was" my Indian name." It's a name I had never heard before. My Grandmother always said"Don't talk too much, then nobody will really know how stupid you are." I am not in the habit of talking to a mirror. Cause I know I'm not the fairest of them all. What do you think? Are my Oars out of the water? Am I missing a card from a full deck? Betty In a message dated 2/13/10 9:56:10 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, TalliyaSoutheast@aol.com writes: The best people to contact on that question is the Citizenship Department of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. Citizenship in the Creek Nation is determined by its laws and constitution. The opinion of one of us on the Creek-SE message board is of no consequence. Just being of Creek heritage does not mean that you are automatically a citizen of a federal recognized tribe, like the MCN. Most state-recognized Creek tribes will accept authenticated Creeks as members, but there are many more requirements for a tribe recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. For example, I probably have a lot more Creek ancestry than many Muscogee-Creek citizens, but as far as I can tell, I could never be a Creek citizen myself, because I am not a direct descendant of a name on the Dawes Rolls. Good luck! Richard T. Notes on the Creek Indians http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/creeknotes/index.htm Early Creek History http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/creek/early-history/ Migration Legend of the Creek Indians http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/creek/migration/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CREEK-SOUTHEAST-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message