Now, my wife may have Cherokee or other Indian in her background. Her cousin was married to a genuine Cherokee for years.
Back in the early days of Oklahoma when the roles were established, it was considered a shame to be part Indian so many people did not sign up.
Now they wish they had ans there is MONEY involved!
We have a lot of friends in Oklahoma and about half of them you would never guess have Indian blood, some are fair and some have blue eyes.
But they get government checks.
The only one who looks Indian doesn’t get a check because he said his tribe was too dumb to sign up by the deadline.