Norton MacAlister Family Blog

 Check out this preview video on the Dequindre Cut Walk   This was one of the activities you voted for on the survey that got a high number of votes

  Comanche Family Some American Indian tribes are claiming you as little as 1/64th native American even if you were able to prove that your ancestors were enslaved by East Coast tribes. Or traveled the trail of Tears .    Why ?  Because of the basic tribal census (non genetic)  you can go to college free if you can prove @1/4 tribal native on the official Dawes Rolls. A special count was taken at the turn of the century as the frontier was closing called the Dawes Rolls. If you were listed as a native American there - you belong.  Unfortunately a count was not taken at the beginning of Indian removal. The Natives were not planning to be removed  even though pre Civil War the East Coast Tribes particularly the Cherokee thought they were going to be compensated and joined the Confederacy which promised them their ancestral lands.  We all know how that turned out. This online search makes it easier to work on your family tree  Hopefully I can g...