<p>Has anyone applied/plan to apply to college under the Native American race? How can I prove my ethnicity and what percentage/ratio do I need to be to mark down Native American??</p>
<p>I think the rule is 1/8th.
I know a rich white girl who's technically 1/8th native american, marked it down, and got into schools she was completely unqualified for....so yeah, it's a HUGE plus.</p>
<p>I know a girl that's 1/8th Cherokee, but she doesn't have papers proving it. Her Cherokee great-grandmother was adopted by white people, so the papers they do have don't indicate anything Native American-y. Can she still put down Native American as a race?</p>
<p>"but she doesn't have papers proving it"</p>
<p>-Ha ha... If you need "papers" to prove what race you are, then you're probably reaching...</p>
<p>at what point would you need to prove it? if you can justify it somehow, put it...it will change your life</p>
<p>^ You can put it down, but be careful. If your name is Suzy O'Neal, it's not gonna help you that much. The Native American boost is meant to help kids who are 100% Native American and live on reservations.</p>
<p>Colleges are looking for applicants who are registered members of their tribe.</p>
<p>Thanks Tsdad for once again providing clarity and light. I can't believe some of the other posts on this thread. Ugh.</p>
<p>1/8??? I don't believe that. It seems like a very small percentage.</p>
<p>mj93, a lot of tribes have recently been trying to make the fraction larger.</p>
<p>I believe to get tribal status, you need to be only 1/32 or 1/64 native american. If your family has been in the united states for 5 or 6 generations, it might be worth looking into.</p>
<p>if your name is Dances With Wolves or Soars With the Eagles, I think you'll be good to go whether or not you have tribal status...or if you're even indian ;-)</p>
<p>Holy man. 1/64? Wow. I should look into that ..</p>
<p>I know some colleges ask for your tribal card (my boyfriend got his last year to apply to Dartmouth). And I think there's a percentage factor depending on the tribe, but I know that a lot of tribes only recognize those with 1/4 or more.....those off the rez are basically guaranteed.</p>
<p>Dartmouth, eh? Wasn't Dartmouth founded to 'Christianize the savages'?</p>
<p>You don't even want to know all the troubles he went through when applying there. I'm not really sure of Dartmouth's history, but I know that he considered the racism aspect that had occured there. Not to mention his interview didn't go to well in terms of discussing his heritage.</p>
<p>I have a son in his first year of college. We put his race as “Other” native american and we were told that we have to have a number. We have sent our app to the cherokee nation Registration department over a year ago and they have not yet processed our app. My mothers birth certificate states that she is 4/4 Cherokee and my father was 5/8 cherokee. There has to be another way to prove that you are native american. Any suggestions would be helpful!! My husband and I both are layed off from our employment and our daughter starts college this coming year!! So now we will have 3 parent plus loans to pay on! Please any help would be greatly appreciated!</p>
<p>Tribal records or intense and recognized involvement with the tribe is the only way to really come off as legit. I’m part Native myself, but since my great-grandfather was never recognized, neither was any of the rest of the family, and that’s that. It’s all about recognition in the tribe. </p>
<p>As for the 1/64th thing, that has to be a load of bull. I’m probably 1/8 or something, and if there’s no way for my family to be recognized, even with legit family trees, it’s not going to happen to someone who’s only 1/64th. I mean, it’s just silly. I’m related to King Philip (other side of the family), but you don’t see me claiming to be Wampanoag.</p>
<p>What tribe? There are some sites that you can get on and search you ancestors names depending on what tribe that you are in. If you have their name and approx date of birth or death you might be able to find them on these rolls. If you are 1/8 indian I think that would be plenty enough to be recongnized as native american.</p>
<p>^I know about this. Every tribe is different. In the old days (pre-gambling money), it was pretty easy to gain tribal citizenship. Even white people who worked in Indian schools could be adopted in by some tribes. But then came the money. Gaming profits are given out to every member of the tribe, sort of like stock dividends, so there is an incentive to keep the tribal rolls small (fewer members, more money for each). Someone mentioned the Cherokee above. That was a real mess a few years ago. The Cherokee Nation was pretty large and it made a lot of money on gambling. A few years ago, the tribe changed its rules. To be on the roll today, you have to show proof that you are related to a Cherokee listed on some early 1900 census. There were a lot of Cherokee that weren’t on that list, so their ancestors are out of luck. The result is that the Cherokee Nation became much smaller overnight, which is exactly what they wanted. But not all tribes are like that. My tribe doesn’t have gambling and is pretty small. To get on our rolls, you need to claim an ancestor. That’s it. You can have blond hair and blue eyes and still make it. And once you are on the rolls, colleges treat you as a NA.</p>
<p>This thread is old and thus will be closed. </p>
<p>The new thread is </p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/858679-race-college-admission-faq-discussion-7-a.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/858679-race-college-admission-faq-discussion-7-a.html</a> </p>
<p>and your question is very welcome there.</p>