"Yellow ." wrote "Meeting in Oklahoma in Cleveland? That bunch is called the Western Cherokee of Arkansas and Missouri. Their not a fed tribe and they are not State recognized either. There *Quote* Chief is under investigation for embezzlement and among other things. It is all posted on their web site on the net." Yellow- Fraud is always present where they can find "suckers"!! There are over 255 of these money-making "Enterprises" going on with more being formed monthly since it was shown that people, in their zeal to "prove" (?) that they are "Indian" will pay ridiculous sums of money for "a card" whose paper content is more valuable than what's written upon it!!! In order to prove what a joke it is and that all that is required to be "enrolled" is a check book, so far we have been able to enroll a stuffed teddy bear as "a full-blood Cherokee" in one of the Georgia groups, a Dalmatian dog as one-half Cherokee in one of the Missouri groups, and a Barbi doll (the one dressed in buckskin, of course) as a quarter-blood Cherokee in one of the Arkansas groups- so pick which one of these that you want to be "blood brother" to, and get out your check book!! Even if they are State Certified-- that means nothing! It costs the state nothing-- totally NO obligation (it's a JOKE) and if they thought that they might bring in tourists, they would "certify" an Alaskan sled-dog! Jerri Chasteen