I thought the Tribes had final say on who is or is not an Indian and that they require documentaty proof before they accept a claim for membership.
“I thought the Tribes had final say on who is or is not an Indian and that they require documentaty proof before they accept a claim for membership.”
That is the way that it is in my county in California. The Indian tribes here are very picky about who they recognize as tribal members.There is a lot of money at stake. Fauxahontas would never be accepted as anything but a phony.