Monday, May 9, 2011

Has elitism found its way to our Tribe's enrollment requirements?

Our Tribe has already enrolled some individuals’ whose paternal fathers are not enrolled Meskwaki men. Dunno how that happened.This slip up has just made way or set precedent for other individuals who should be enrolled based on this fact alone. What's a few more thousand people?

It's either Meskwaki women will be able to enroll their children or there will be some people disenrolled.
” Hey, they’re already enrolled!” “Just leave it alone.” “From this moment on like right now, we will be more strict about this sort of stuff." Cites unfairness
Will Meskwaki women ever be able to enroll their children? I highly doubt it especially after reading this case.
See Santa Clara Pueblo vs. Martinez
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=436&invol=49

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