DP> your correct, you can be adopted and have no "Indian blood" at all s
DP> is realy not the issue right ! it's the heart...
It's not exactly the heart either.  It's the family, and the nation that 
counts.  What one "feels" is not the ultimate thing, any more than blood 
is.  To be a member of one of the first nations, you have to be a member 
of a family of that nation, and a citizen of that nation.  Now, one 
might become a member of a family of that nation by adoption as well as 
by birth. One might become a citizen by naturalization as well as by 
birth.  But the family has to recognize you as a member of the family, 
and the nation has to recognize you as a member of the nation.  It is 
not enough for you to recognize yourself as a family member and as a 
citizen.
                   sondra
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