Lenape Indians ask Pennsylvania for recognition

[ronkinm at georgetown.edu]

Lenape Hach Ki? - Are You A Lenape?

The Delaware Tribal website was established several years ago, and since
then we have had numerous e-mail inquiries about genealogy. Many are
from people in the eastern part of the United States, but we do receive
inquires from all over the country. Many of the messages say things
like, "I was told by my grandparents that our family always lived
in the East and that we have Lenape blood. Would you look them up and
see if I am part Lenape?"

It would be nice if there was a master roll of everyone who has any
degree of Lenape blood, but there is not. Our rolls here only go back in
time to 1862 when our own ancestors, on their forced exodus from the
East, were living in Kansas.

In order to be enrolled on our tribal roll, your ancestor(s) by blood
must have been living in Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) in 1906, and
enrolled on our official tribal base roll. This is a requirement set
forth by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and follows THE CODE OF FEDERAL
REGULATIONS, PART 83 - PROCEDURES FOR ESTABLISHING THAT AN AMERICAN
INDIAN GROUP EXISTS AS AN INDIAN TRIBE.

www.delawaretribeofindians.nsn.us
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