JC> I guess I'd have to know more about how the Pennsylvania government 
decided
  > that. But... The state of Oregon doesn't "officially" recognize Kalapuya,
  > Molalla, Atafalti, (and a few others) as anyone that can claim to have
  > ancestral tribes to those peoples are considered part of the 
Confederated
  > Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon." Same way with the Siletz 
an
  > the Warm Springs. They may have descendants of otherwise "extinct" native
  > peoples that's just not the "official" designation.
I don't really know the whole story.  After all, I live in new Jersey.
(g)  But I have a lenapi friend who was pretty angry about it.  They
may, however, mean that there is no officially recognized Lenapi nation
there, and that is true.
JC> I know a lady who is Klickitat. Member of the Grand Ronde Community. (In
  > Washington, original home of the Klickitat, they are part of the Yakama.)
  > Doesn't stop her from being Klickitat.
I know some-one who is Shinnecock.  They're not officially recognized by
anyone.  Officially they are extinct.
                          Sondra
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