how do i find out if my ancesters were native american
how do i find out about native american heritage
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Probably the easiest way would be to do a DNA test. Other than that, you could research your family tree and look into the ethnicity of each direct ancestor. If you enter "American Indian" in the search box on the FamilySearch Research Wiki, there will be a whole lot of items to look at. The link is https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Main_Page.
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How closely do you expect your native American ancestors to be? Because of the land benefits, lineage after the early 1900s has been pretty extensively documented. Further than that it gets a little tricky due to the federal government's various laws concerning them and such. It will also depend on the general area of your tribe. Natives in the south Western areas who dealt with Spaniards had a different experience from the ones who got pushed off land by the British colonists.
You'll want to start with a name and the tribe. There are many professional researchers who specializes in United States Native American records, and each tribe also keeps a record of their tribe, so there are many resources that can help you.
Hope that helps!
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