Comments by "Cat Lily" (@Catlily5) on "Racial Classification: Native Americans u0026 African Americans" video.

I knew a woman who was more than half native blood but not enough to enroll in a specific tribe. She just missed having the 1/4 needed to enroll. She grew up on the reservation. Her mother was mostly native. Her father was Mexican. I felt bad that she was kept out of the tribe she grew up in.
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@colinchampollion4420 You have to have enough blood from one certain tribe. If you have the same amount of blood from 8 different tribes you could be 100% Native and not belong to any tribe. The woman I knew had to be 1/4 to be a member. She barely missed that amount due to a long time back white ancestor. So she was denied membership. Even though she is more than half native.
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@colinchampollion4420 They are similar. That is not the point. Let me put it this way. What if your blood was from 8 countries. Norway, Germany, Ireland, Italy, France, Switzerland, Belgium and Denmark. To be a citizen you had to be 1/4 blood. You would be banned from inheriting your mother's house because it could only be used by a citizen. And you are not one.
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@zeroturn7091 Taino is a Caribbean tribe so it is not surprising if most Mexicans don't have Taino blood. Most Mexicans do have Native blood (usually from the tribes that traditionally lived in Mexico).
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Edit: Tainos are a Caribbean Island tribe not a Mexican tribe.
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@colinchampollion4420 Also, you grew up in that house but you would be banned from living in the land you grew up in unless you can convince someone with enough blood to marry you. If you divorced you would be thrown out again.
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@colinchampollion4420 Still not the point. The point is you aren't allowed in your homeland.
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@stormy-le6pb You are telling me that my friend's story is bogus? How rude. Different tribes have different rules. So I am guessing that you are confused.
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@sky-pv7ff Mexico has various tribes. That won't help my friend live where she grew up.
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indiojazz They don't use genes they use records. PS. Read the comments before yelling. Your question was already answered.
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@shebelieves9650 It doesn't change who you are but it can cause legal problems.
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@JohnSmith-ct5jd Do you live on the East Coast? Edit: Rules are different for many tribes in the West. For her tribe you had to be 25% her tribe or more.
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@zeroturn7091 No problem.
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@howardj602 She wasn't in a Dawes Roll tribe.
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@howardj602 My friend did not have her DNA tested. She was just short of 1/4 by her tribe's records.
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@kenlounders5399 Her mother is in that tribe but is just under half. Her father is not. So she is just under quarter and does not meet the requirement. Not all tribes have the same requirements.
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@kenlounders5399 DNA is not involved. Paper records indicate that she is just under a quarter and does not qualify to be a member. For her tribe you have to be a quarter according to paper records.
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@kenlounders5399 If they are a small tribe. But different tribes have different rules. If inbreeding was going to be a problem they could change their membership rules.
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@possum9827 My friend does get healthcare services for Native Americans. The point is she can't inherit her family home in the reservation because she is just under 1/4 of her tribe.
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@ladyyang8040 I agree!
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