[sheana]

My great grandfather was full blood Native American.......from Tennessee. No one in the family has any clue what tribe since apparently he’s not registered anywhere. No one in the family has ever tried to claim their native American ‘privelege’. As far as I know no one ever even tells anyone they are part Indian.
At me time my aunt tried to trace him and ran into a brick wall.

[Just mythoughts]

When I went searching I was not aware of Cherokee privilege. It was my grandmother's words ‘full blood’ Cherokee that peaked my curiosity. I had learned of the Trail of Tears in school. And some census takers were not much more educated than the citizenry they were polling. Many times the women were only identified by their first and married name. But I learned that one must have the proper paperwork, registered on the rolls to call oneself a Cherokee.. I fully expect Lizzie Warren to have the required documentation.