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So my wife is 1/16 Cherokee and has a "certificate of indian blood" from the Cherokee Nation. I look more like a native american than she does, what with her pale complexion and blue eyes. Her cultural ties are limited beyond simple self-identification. Her grandfather is somewhat more involved with the tribe.
To the best of my knowledge, our kids are also eligible for tribal membership, and I guess we will obtain CIB's for them.
So they'll be 1/32 Indian... And be able to document it. Will checking "native american" be frowned upon? Will they be seen by college admissions officers as scammers, playing the system?
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