I need to know who can do this ?

Wildsporty

You do not have to live on the reservation to be on the council rolls. My grandaughter is a registered member of the tribe and she does not live on the reservation. She is registered under her father although my daughter has been divorced ever since the grandaughter was a small baby and she is 9 now.

Every Indian family belongs to a specific tribe and must be registered under that tribe. You will need to find out which tribe your husband's family belongs to and whom in his family's history has been registered under that tribal community. Than you can register your child as a decendent of that tribe.

Shirley

oneguyinohio

I do not know your situation, but to me it seems that it would be much easier to work within the system that currently has your son, making yourself meet their requirements, rather than focusing your efforts on attempting a long term process of trying to switch to a different government and jurisdiction for which you know nothing about.

sherice1977

damn I didnt know the indian tribes where there own goverment

Wildsporty

Sherice,

The tribal council makes the decisions for the reservations. They have their own schools, their own policemen and the elders on the council pretty much run the communities for whichever tribe they sit on the council for.

The reservations are like small communities. The Indian schools teach for the most part both English and Native American languages. They speak English for the most part. They also teach culture and history. If you live on or close to a reservation you could probably arrange for your son to understudy with an elder on the Native American Culture. It would not be a bad idea for him to learn the ways of both worlds.

The Cherokee Nation has it's own website. If you go down toward the bottom of the website there is a button to click on that says Tribal Registration. It has a geneology section there that may or may not be of help to you. The vast majority of the remaining Cherokee Heritage are in Oklahoma.

Here is the Cherokee Nation website.
Cherokee Nation

There is a free Indian Geneology site where you can look up Michigan or wherever your husband's family is from and find the tribal information at this site.

Indian Reservations 1908

Good Luck to you, I hope you find what you are looking for...and here is hoping your sone can find a part of his rich Native American Heritage and take pride in his great ancestry.

Shirley

N0help4u

That is why I figured you wanted him registered
and as wildsport said you do not have to live on the reservation
but if you are trying to get your son back then that may be the best route
since they are their own government.

check the links we give you for 800 numbers and call reservations and see what can be done.