I’ve worked very intimately on both of the rezs you’re referring to and every reservation in the Dakotas, most of Montana, Nevada, Nebraska, and some of the southern tribes. I haven’t just lived across the river from the Rez and done some poured concrete by the complex (which is where you’re working by right now.) I’ve actually grown up on a reservation that had decent hunting turn into amazing hunting later in life.
Having to deal with enrollment throughout life it’s not necessarily as easy as a lot of comments here. There is a process (some easier than others). For instance, I have kids with a non member and my kids will never be eligible for enrollment, even though they have lineage and blood ties to another tribe in Minnesota. Just the way it is and I’m not
Going to complain about it.
Federally recognized tribes enrollments are handled by the tribes but ultimately overseen by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The tribes can determine if they want to follow blood quantum percentages or lineage. There’s a form called a BIA 4432, which is an official certification that your a member of a federally recognized tribe. A lot of the members usually never need that form and just use their tribal IDs.
This shit talking about tribal rights and how the tribe manages its heards has been going on for ages. It’s played out and the fact is, there’s nothing some bitching on a forum is going to change about it.