Native American Scholarships?

1/16 Cherokee + 1/8 Iroquois

Add that together, what does that make you? 1/2 Cheroquois?

There are no Cheroquois tribes.

If you are not a citizen of a "Federally Recognized Tribe" then, you are not Native American.
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not enrolled = not american indian

scholarships come from the tribe, not the government. if you are not a citizen of the nation, you don't qualify. the baker and dawes roles are well preserved. the story about records being destroyed in a fire is a common excuse used by people who can not find proof for their claims.

and just as an FYI…there is no "tribe" called iroquois.
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mohawk

Why do you honestly think the government would pass up a full blooded or half blooded native american to give your FAKE native american ass a scholarship?

GET OVER YOURSELF.
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Native american who PAYS FOR HER OWN DAMN COLLEGE.

Usually, only the slightest amount of digging into most American "Indian Blood Myths" can illustrate that most of these stories are false (or highly exaggerated). This claim is no different - highly doubtful.

You are claiming a "full blood" "Iroquois" great-grandmother…but you also say that this side (mom's) is from Tennessee…and the "Native American records" were burned in a fire.

Okay, first, there is no tribe called "Iroquois"…it is the name of a Confederacy…and two, your are in the WRONG region and what do you mean by Native American records in Tennessee anyway? There are no recognized tribes there - so, there were no base rolls or enumerations there…and there certainly would be no "Iroquois" records of any kind. The chances of this being accurate - that this full blooded Indian woman from an Iroquois Confederacy tribe that made her way down to Tennessee to show up in your family tree is very improbable. Also, on the other side…you should know, EVERYONE CLAIMS CHEROKEE BOOD! Doesn't mean it is accurate.

Most people's "full blood Cherokee" ancestors stand as complete aberrations…in the wrong place at the wrong time…not enrolled…but dang if they ain't got some heavy Indian blood quantum huh?

Full blood Cherokees born in the early part of 20th century (based on the GREAT GREAT status, average generation time frame and assuming you are of standard college age)…were born in North Carolina or Oklahoma…or at least had direct familial TIES to those two locations and were moving around for work.

NOTE: There were no other communities that coalesced after Removal in the 1840s-50s that remained intact to pass on heavy Indian blood (especially FULL BLOOD status). There were some mixed blood Cherokees that were married to Americans that chose to live in their White/Black spouses communities after removal and they forfeited their tribal affiliations at that point.

BTW - your blood quantum calculation doesn't make sense. Someone who was 1/8 + 1/16…would be 3/16…not 1/12.
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Well first off, you can't add two different Tribes together to make one, you can't say I'm 1/16 Cherokee and 1/8 Iroquois, nope… It's one or the other, plus unless your officially enrolled with a federally recogized Tribe, you are NOT Native. Thats clear based on the fact that you think Iroquois is a Tribal Nation, and on the fact that you think you can add two different nations together and make one.
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Sioux

Well the first thing you should do is retake whatever math courses you obviously failed…..1/16 + 1/8 = 3/16 NOT 1/12…..that would be impossible for a blood quantum anyway…and putting aside you mixing blood quantum, which isn't done…

Educational benefits are only for enrolled members of Federally Recognized Tribes or Nations…

And the Baker and/or Dawes rolls were NOT burned, They are Federal Records and are available through the National Archives…

There are 3 Federally Recognized Cherokee Nations…

1. The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma requires YOU to prove you have an ancestor on the Dawes Roll there is no blood quantum requirement…

2. The Eastern Band of Cherokee, requires YOU to prove you have an ancestor on the Baker Roll and have a minimum of 1/16 blood quantum…

3. The United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee, requires YOU to prove you have an ancestor on the Dawes Roll and have a minumub of 1/4 blood quantum…

If you cant meet any of these requirements then you get nothing…PERIOD!!!

Now while some public universities and colleges do give scholarships for being Native American the requirements are the same or…you must have a CDIB card (Certified Degree of Indian Blood) and to get that card YOU have to prove you have ancestors on a Federally Recognized Tribe or Nations base roll…
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enrolled member Eastern Band of Cherokee

Well, since you're not enrolled, that means no tribal scholarship.

Since you can't add simply fractions, that means no academic scholarship.

If you're not athletic, it looks like you'll be taking out loans like the rest of us. Sorry to burst your bubble.
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Potawatomi with student loans

Puleeze, I am enrolled, full blooded, and I can't even get a scholarship to finish my education because I was smart enough to move away from the reservation for better opportunities, but not smart enough to stay on the reservation to get the money set aside for "those who really need it".
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