I don't totally understand, Sky, because a lot of enrolled Native Americans have European names now. Are you saying they cannot trace your ancestory back?

I am working on getting enrolled. All my life we thought I was enrolled, but it turned out that my grandma (who was back on the reservation and had supposedly enrolled me) didn't get me enrolled for some reason. I think we found that out about 4 years ago, actually, but I'm just now getting it taken care of. I think it will mean a lot to me. My father of course has been enrolled all his life. He grew up on the reservation. Sometimes I wish we visited there more often, but money was always tight and the reservation is a 21-hour drive IF you don't stop to sleep at all (we could never afford to fly out there).

Angela