LW>>    If you can register with a Cherokee Nation, why not, numbers is
LW>> strength.
 SB> She can only register if one of her ancestors appear on one
 SB> of the proper rolls (the Dawes roll is one of them) and if
 SB> she is a western Cherokee.  The Eastern division has closed
 SB> its rolls.  Only children of currently enrolled members may
 SB> register there.
 That would eliminate me from registering then, since my heritage is on the 
east coast (TN/NC).  I was born within 150 miles of Cherokee, NC, and the 
majority of my dad's family has always lived in that 150 mile radius.
Nancy
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