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From the recent BIA decision to deny recognition to the Central Band of Cherokee in Tennessee. Apparently the BIA anthropologists have never heard of eastern Blackfoot.
“Similarly, another family in this category was from Exeter, New Hampshire, but now resides in Lawrence County, Tennessee. The membership list identifies one member of this New Hampshire family as having been born in 1981 in Florence, Lauderdale County, Alabama, which adjoins Lawrence County. However, the petitioner claimed that member’s father is “Blackfoot” (b. 1953 in Tennessee) and her mother (b. 1941 in Missouri) was Cherokee. The petitioner did not provide any evidence that verifies the claimed “Blackfoot” ancestry or that connects this New Hampshire family to the other individuals the petitioner claims were Cherokee Indians in Lawrence County.”
Find the whole thing here
http://www.bia.gov/idc/groups/mywcsp/documents/text/idc010308.pdf
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