Tribal Membership Enrollment
Welcome, relatives and neighbors
Community Tribal Membership & Confidentiality Notice
By applying, you are entering into membership with our tribal council and Indigenous community—not merely membership in the market. This is official membership within our community’s own governance and traditions. It is not federally recognized tribal enrollment or citizenship, and it does not provide federal benefits or legal status.
Our community does not seek federal recognition as a condition of preserving our identity, governance, culture, or community resources. We are committed to lawful self-governance and peaceful community relations.
Your application and family records are confidential council records. We will not voluntarily share them outside the tribal council or display them publicly. We will not disclose them to the United States government except with your permission, when legally required, or when reasonably necessary to dispute documented misuse of our community’s identity.
You are entering into a community membership relationship that may include support for business development, housing, food sustainability, childcare, education, cultural programs, and other resources when available. Eligibility, approval, services, and resources are governed by council policies and may vary.
Please Read To Understand Your Tribal Rights
The Right to Self-Governed Enrollment for Non-Federally Recognized Indigenous Communities
Existing U.S. legal frameworks allow Indigenous groups without federal recognition to establish independent tribal enrollment and membership protocols. These internal systems remain valid so long as they are created through legitimate, self-governing structures and do not conflict with federal statutes.
Foundations of Self-Determination
National policy acknowledges the inherent sovereignty of tribes, protecting the right of Indigenous peoples to manage internal affairs not explicitly governed by federal authorities. While federal recognition provides specific benefits, it is not the source of a group's right to define its own community members.
The Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDEAA) supports the principle that tribal entities possess the authority to oversee their own governance and membership criteria. These groups are empowered to handle internal administration autonomously, provided they adhere to overarching legal obligations and treaties.
Criteria for Enrollment and Membership
Guidelines from the U.S. Department of the Interior clarify that every tribe dictates its own unique membership standards—which may include blood quantum, residency requirements, or direct descent from a specific ancestor. Because non-federally recognized groups operate outside federal oversight for enrollment, they have the freedom to adopt and maintain their own traditional or administrative rules.
Internal Identification Systems
Federal law does not mandate a specific or uniform identification format for Indigenous people. Communities are permitted to design and implement their own numbering systems, digital records, or identification protocols for cultural and administrative purposes. These systems must simply comply with standard state and federal laws regarding data security and privacy.
Membership Continued Enrollment Access REQUIRES an identification Card in-which you will recieve upon completion of enrollment process. Identificaton and initial enrollment costs are $150 and then a monthly fee of $50 which goes into the tribe to help assit with revival and renewal of tribal communities. It stays active as long as your monthly payments continue, and if they stop You will not be disenrolled- but will need to address the council to explain your hardship preventing you from paying your membership fees, and coming to a conclusion on how to assist you to get back on your feet to make your contribution to the tribe. It is a lifetime membership, and descendants that are from any of the listed nations will be automacally enrolled at birth as long as tribal birth protocals are followed. Tribal status is gaurunteed once enrolled and can only be stripped by violating tribal laws. Every application is reviewed privately before access is granted. And you will be contacted by a tribal elder to have a meeting before access is granted.
Official Application
Tribal Membership Enrollment Form
This private enrollment form begins a membership review. Complete each required field carefully and submit only information you are authorized to share. Submission does not by itself grant official tribal enrollment, citizenship, or legal recognition.
All submissions are handled confidentially by the Enrollment Office.
Permission Notice
Please do not submit information about another person unless you have permission to share it. Submit only information you believe is accurate and necessary for membership review.
PRIVACY & CONSENT AGREEMENT
Plain-language terms for membership
Please read these terms before submitting your application. This membership is official within the community and its tribal council, but it is not federally recognized by the United States. The council does not seek federal recognition as a condition of maintaining its community, identity, governance, or cultural responsibilities.
Consent
By submitting this form, you voluntarily consent to the tribal council collecting and reviewing the information you provide for membership administration, identity review, genealogical documentation, and communication about your membership. You confirm that you have permission to share information about your relatives and understand that you may withdraw your application or membership subject to the council’s procedures.
Privacy & Data Use
Your application, including family and grandparent information, will be treated as confidential council records. We will not voluntarily share it outside the tribal council or display it publicly. We will not provide it to the United States government for federal recognition, enrollment, reserve placement, or federal benefits. Disclosure may occur only with your permission, when legally required, or when reasonably necessary to address a documented dispute involving alleged identity theft or misuse of the community’s identity. No confidentiality promise can override a legal obligation.
Eligibility
Membership is for people who meet the community’s eligibility standards and identify a connection to the Five Tribes of the South or Algonquin-speaking tribes of the North. Membership is official within this community’s tribal council. It does not establish federal recognition, tribal citizenship recognized by another government, genealogy certification, legal status, federal benefits, or legal benefits. The council may request clarification or supporting information and may deny an application under its own rules.
Retention
We keep application and membership information only as long as reasonably needed for review, council administration, historical or genealogical records, dispute resolution, security, and legal obligations. Access is limited to authorized council representatives. You may request correction of information you provided, subject to the council’s records procedures and legal limits.
Withdrawal
You may withdraw an application or request to end your membership by contacting the tribal council. Ending membership does not automatically require deletion of records that the council must retain for documented governance, historical, security, dispute-resolution, or legal reasons. Membership access and payment terms are separate: the $5 monthly plan remains active while payments continue and may be cancelled according to the plan’s terms.
Payment
Membership access costs $50 per month. Access continues while the membership plan remains active and payments continue; it is not a one-time lifetime payment. Payment does not guarantee acceptance, membership approval, official federal recognition, government benefits, or legal benefits. Please review the membership plan terms before paying.