Genealogy/Expert Profile

Expertise

In the realm of genealogy, my knowledge would be limited to the following.......... 1. Help with big picture approach to the Dawes, Old Settlers, and the 1835 Georgia Census rolls. 2. What is required to obtain tribal membership in the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. 3. How to track down ancestors in NE Oklahoma based upon scant information. 4. How to access adoption records as a Native American in Oklahoma. 5. Knowledge of the history and residents of Coosawattee village in N. Georgia 1830's. 6. Family clusters and allotments near Mayes/Cherokee county border in OK 1890-1920.

Experience in the area

Research at National Archives, family history, independent study, personal experience.

Organizations

Educator, Chaffey Joint Union HSD. Board Member-CREEC Network Region 10 California. Tribal Citizen-Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. Member, California Native Plant Society. First Families Member, Cherokee National Historical Society.

Publications

http://www.teacher-us.com/young
http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:ctmEgTIvLmsJ:wwwstatic.kern.org/gems/region10/NewsletterMarch1.doc edward young creec network&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us
http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:JJcucFgLevAJ:creec.edgateway.net/CompPDFs/acknowl.pdf compendium ed young california&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=6&gl=us

Education/Credentials

BS Biology, Univ Central Oklahoma Post Bac University of Arizona Clear Life Science Teaching Credentials in both California and Arizona

What do you like about this subject?

One cannot easily know where they are going until they first know where they have been. Every person, with even a little native blood, deserves to know from whence they came.

What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field?

I have gone as far as I can go with my own research by successfully establishing two different genealogical lines back to the 1835 removal and one to 1760. I am now willing to help others with what I have learned.

Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:

Federal law passed in 1978 requires that native adoptees have access to certain information about their heritage. Know your rights.

Something controversial or provocative about this subject

Each federally recognized tribe has the freedom to determine membership based upon the degree of blood quantum. While some tribes stop at 1/4, the Cherokee Nation allows membership down to 1/16. Seek membership in the Cherokee nation for honorable reasons. The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma issues no individual gaming revenues as many western tribes do.