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In the 2010 census, about 20,000 Maryland residents, or 0.4% of the state, self-reported American Indian as their only race. More than 50,000 people in Maryland self-identified as being at least part American Indian, constituting 1.0% of the total state population. [13]
Eligibility for citizenship in the Pascua Yaqui Tribe is determined by whether a person or their ancestor's "name appears on the original base roll dated September 18, 1980, or applied for and was approved for membership under the Open Enrollment Act of 1994, Public Law 103-357", is an American citizen, and possesses 1/4th Pascua Yaqui Indian ...
The Dawes Commission authorized applications for tribal enrollment in the Five Tribes on March 3, 1893, in an attempt to convince the tribes to cede Indian lands to the federal government. [2] The 1896 Applications for Enrollment were commissioned at the insistence of the Dawes Commission, not at the insistence of the Five Tribes themselves.
The Maryland State Archives serves as the central depository for government records of permanent value. [1] [2] Its holdings date from Maryland's founding in 1634, and include colonial and state executive, legislative, and judicial records; county probate, land, and court records; church records; business records; state publications and reports; and special collections of private papers, maps ...
As of the 2000 United States Census, there were 6,976 Native Americans in the Baltimore metropolitan area, making up 0.3% of the area's population. [1]In 2013, 370 Cherokee people and 87 Navajo people lived in Baltimore city, 0.1% and 0.0% of the population respectively.
Traditionally, the land in these tribal communities had been held communally. [2] With the establishment of the Dawes Commission, the ruling was made by the colonial agents to divide the land into parcels and institute a system of individual ownership in accordance with US laws, overriding the treaty and tribal laws of the region. [2]
The Eastern Band Cherokee nation does not allow DNA testing to be used to determine tribal citizenship, unless the test is to determine parentage. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Individuals who are not citizens of the Eastern Band but who believe they have Eastern Band heritage can fill out a Baker Roll search form with the Eastern Band's tribal enrollment office.
The Accohannock Indian Tribe, Inc. is a state-recognized tribe in Maryland and a nonprofit organization of individuals who identify as descendants of the Accohannock people. The Accohannock Indian Tribe is not federally recognized as a Native American tribe . [ 4 ]