Grand River Band of Odawa Indians is a state historic tribe right now, they have applied for Federal Recognition about 2 years ago, it is in a pile in D.C. of other Tribes seeking recognition. It may actually be a good thing with the political climate in D.C. that they have not gone through their files yet, if they are lucky no one will until some new people are in office who are more supportive of Native issues. When they get Federal they will be able to access money that they can not get right now. They have been working for the most part as volunteers, even their Tribal Chairman has a full-time day job & does his best to get into the office at least once a week or weekends. If you sent it I almost guarantee that they have it but they do not have much time or money to return replies to people. My suggestion is that you include a reply envelope, self addressed & stamped for information you need. The Chairman is Ron Yob, & another person who does work for them is Fran ! Compo so if you address your inquiry to them I'm sure they will get back to you within a couple weeks. -----Original Message----- From: KENGREENE [mailto:kengreene@cox.net] Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 11:58 AM To: NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NISHNAWBE] Grand River Band About 3 years ago, I submitted an application for enrollment to the Grand River Band. My father was llisted on the Durant Role and all paperwork was forwarded. After repeated correspondance and telephone calls, I have not yet received any response from the Grand River Band. Do any of you have any suggestion regarding how I may further pursue my enrollment application. Thank you. Ken Greene --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.515 / Virus Database: 313 - Release Date: 9/1/2003 ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237