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Question: Why do you get a lot of help if your indian or ancestors were!?
I found out i was part indian yesterday!. my grandfather told me, his dad was indian and his mom was half indian half mexican!. he was telling me that his grandfather was the only one that registered, and he was able to find the documents at the court house and it payed off a lot of bills for a family member thats very ill in the hospital!.

he told me that if you have indian blood you get help with college, medical, and lots of other stuff!. why is this!? Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Roseheart is the only one to even be close to being right!. We Native Americans have been wronged!. We are not just a minority!.!.!.we are the ONLY minority existing in our native lands!. Don't misunderstand me, I am sympathetic to all disadvantaged people & groups, but please don't continue to lump us together under a common term!. A person will make themselves crazy trying to define all the bands that were forced onto reservations!.!.!.each of those bands being an independent group with traditional lands recognized to be their territory!. That discussion is far beyond the scope of your question!.

First is to accept your origins with pride!. Second, do all you can to identify your tribal affiliation!. Next is to become enrolled, not because there are "benefits", but because you belong to your tribe and they belong to you!.!.!.it is your heritage!. As to benefits, only believe half of what you may have heard!. Tribes will do all that is possible to support tribal members!.!.!.!.NOTHING is given to tribes!. Advantages given to tribal members are largely illusion, because we are co-mingled with all other disadvantaged groups!. So, the argument about Indians having special privileges is a distortion of the truth!.

All that being said--and thank you for the soapbox--yes, if you are smart and ambitious, your status can work for you in terms of business development!. Please do contact me via email if you want a little guidance about how to proceed!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

One reason is because of forcing all the Native Americans onto reserves, the government feels guilt!.Another reason is because Native Americans are a minority!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

There is a great deal of support out there for native Americans!. I believe the reason is guilt for all the land grabbing many years ago!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

thats cool I have alittle in my family tree I need to look into that!. and indian people got treated wrong so they should be helped its only right Www@QuestionHome@Com