Guest Author - Deborah Adams



How to Trace Your Native American Heritage - Rich-Heape Films a review

This film, Winner of the 1999 Telly Award and two Crystal of Excellence Awards is part of the "Circle of Life" Series by Rich-Heape Films. This is a valuable resource for anyone who is interested in tracing their Native American ancestry.
- In this video you will learn......
- How to contact your Tribe.
- Where to look for government information.
- How to obtain a CDIB card! (Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood)
- How to obtain your Tribal Membership!
- How and where to research the Dawes Rolls!
- Benefits offered through official Native American status!
- Listings of over five hundred federally recognized American Tribes!
- How to participate in Tribal Elections!
- Internet sites to assist your search!

The guide through the video is Greg Howard with several guest speakers of Native American heritage such as Fay Sargent who was able to trace her ancestry, Margaret Schmidt-Hacker, the late F. Browning Pipestem, John F. S. Phinney and Shirley Hankins - Carlisle. All of these speakers give information on various aspects of Native American cultural heritage. This is definitely a must have film if you are looking into your heritage as there is a wealth of information that will help you.
Along with the information are several clips of Native American cultural dancers, historical video clips and pictures, Native American art and words of some of our ancestors.

Find your place in the circle of life This process could have you enrolled in as little as ninety days. Discover your Native American Heritage...for you, for your children, and for their children after them. This is an informative video that will help you discover your Native American Heritage and Ancestry.
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