How do i change my ethnicity from white to american indian?

Question

How do i change my ethnicity from white to american indian?

Answer 1

LOL

Answer 2

Travel back in time and get your mum to have a root with a Cherokee bloke.

Answer 3

why? there are no advantages to being a Indian. contrary what people think we do have to pay taxes pay for college. know if you live on a Rez you may get some health benefits if you wait  in the days long at the Indian health services.  to answer your question , you can applied to have you birth certificate changed. but what tribe .good luck.

Answer 4

Generally, you can't.  However, in some rare cases, you can accomplish this with the Dept. of Vital Statistics in your state.  Go to their website, download the form for ordering a birth certificate, note on the form the changes you want made, provide a copy on your ID and a notorized letter of the changes you want to make, send it in with the fee (about $12) and wait for them to mail you a new birth certificate.  However, unless you specifically request it, your race will NOT be shown on the birth certificate.  That info is in their database but they do not automatically put it on the certificates.

Now, some reasons this can be changed are:

1.  You were adopted and your adopted parents race was different than your biological parents and it was changed when you were adopted.

2.  You were not adopted, but the race was recorded wrong in the first place.

3.  You have some other rare reason, like a true story I will explain below, to justify a change.

In any case, they will check your parents records to see what race they were recorded as to make sure your request matches up with their race.

Now for that other story...........My husband is Native American.  His birth certificate said white.  His parents birth certificates also said white.  The Dept. of Vital Statistics asked him questions about his reasons to change it.  In this case he had the law on his side.........he, and his parents, were born in the state of Virginia.  In the 1920's when his parents were born, it was illegal in the state of Virginia to be Native American.  ALL births HAD to be recorded as black or white.  The man who was the first director of the Virginia Dept. of Vital Statistics not only made it illegal to be Native American in Virginia, but he also CHANGED any birth and death records that listed a person's race as Native American to read "black" or "white".  Because at the time of my husband's parents births it was illegal to be Native American, their births had to be recorded as white.  Because of this old law, my husband was able to have his race changed on his birth records from white to Native American.  It is assumed by the Dept. of Vital Statistics that if the law had not been in effect, his parents births would have been properly recorded as Native American, and then likewise, his as well.

Answer 5

You can't change your ethnicity - you're born with it

That's like me (as a white woman) asking "How can I be African-American?"

Answer 6

Many tribes require that someone at either your Grandmother/Father level or parent level to be a full blooded or a officially recognized member to allow you to qualify if you are not already a member.

Some tribes are different it will all come down to location, Money and a few other items from what I have found.  I know from researching my wife's side that there are Native Americans in her family, but cause they are far back she does not qualify :(

Answer 7

You cannot alter your ethnicity, you are the sum of all of your ancestors, not just the ones you choose.

Answer 8

You can't why do you wanna change it?

Answer 9

You have to be enrolled with a federally recognized tribe. Do the genealogy and find out if you have enough native blood.