Roy Hamilton, Cultural Advisor, Genealogist, and Project Manager with the Cherokee Nation
CHEROKEE BY BLOOD or BY CITIZENSHIP of THE CHEROKEE NATION?
BIOLOGY DOES NOT MAKE YOU A CITIZEN OF THE NATION.
ARE THE DAWES ROLLS THE END ALL?
NOTES:
1830's began the notion of blood quantum.
For the Cherokee you were or you were not. The mother is the key, the mother holds the clan.
Trail of Tears - Cherokee Towns in various locations (currently many states).
Nancy Ward descendants.
