I agree totally with Lathel's statement. I, to was born Cherokee and not illiterate or unaware of Native American history or the procedures of the Dawes Commission and their interview methods. The statement you make...." You people need to do alot of reading and studying". covers a lot of people. Fortunately we're all entitled to our own opinions. According to one employee of tribal enrollment, Lathel and other researchers and professional historians are correct in this opinion. It really isn't worth debating this issue. I just don't like to be referred to as " You people". And I don't agree with you. James Brown ----- Original Message ----- From: "J W Kite Jr" <obengekite@juno.com> To: <indian-territory-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 12:04 AM Subject: Re: [INDIAN-TERRITORY-ROOTS] Natural Archives closure > Carla B.The info sent you by Lathel is not true as to Degree of Blood. > Each Cherokee at least knew his degree of blood. There was no guessing by > the person doing the enrollment. You people need to do a lot of reading > and studying. If a person had two Tribes mixed, they had to choose one > over the other in order to be enrolled. The Rolls were started a long > time ago and certainly are not artifical statements. I'm sorry but these > statements made by Lathel are the most ridiculous I've ever heard. I am > a Cherokee and that is because my Dad was A cHEROKEE and so was my Mom > . . I am able to prove all this with no trouble. Oleta E. Benge KITE > On Tue, 5 Sep 2006 19:19:07 -0400 "Lathel Duffield" <Lathel_Duf@msn.com> > writes: >> Carla The degree of Indian Blood is an artificial statement based >> on a a series of past documents about how much "Indian blood" a >> person possesses. In earlier times, the blood amount was calculated >> (guessed) by the person conducting the census. There were no >> documents or other records that "proved" the amount of Indian blood >> and individual possessed. For government purposes, it is not the >> specific degree of Indian blood by tribe that can be attributed to a >> person -- it is the total amount of Indian blood. Therefore, like >> your questions asks, the Choctaw blood and the Cherokee blood would >> be added together for Federal Government purposes. However, for >> membership in the tribe, unless the tribal constitution specifically >> allowed for a combination of blood, then the person would have to >> meet the tribe's criteria. That requirement would have nothing to >> do with the Federal government. Lathel >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > INDIAN-TERRITORY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:INDIAN-TERRITORY-ROOTS > -request@rootsweb.com> >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >> the body of the message >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> INDIAN-TERRITORY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word >> 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >> message >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INDIAN-TERRITORY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >