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In reply to the discussion: Help with some math please. Indian Heritage [View all]yellerpup
(12,253 posts)35. Small point --
The Bureau of Indian Affairs issues a Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood, the tribe decides on whether or not you are a part of them. My tribal membership card does not give a blood quantum but my CDIB card does. The blood quantum rule was introduced by the government to keep the government from having to pay reparations to future generations.
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it will show the percentage of native american but not the tribe, native american covers south
Demonaut
Jun 2016
#32
try the ancestry dna test, it will give you a map of the densities of your dna profile
Demonaut
Jun 2016
#34