Thread by @ChoctawFreedmen

Although there have often been rumors of white people paying their way onto the Dawes Rolls on the By Blood Rolls, it’s important to keep in mind that in some of these tribes, one wouldn’t even have to have a recorded Blood Quantum to receive an allotment.

https://twitter.com/tariqnasheed/status/1332047496529420288

Intermarried Whites didn’t have any long-term connection to the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations and received land allotments 8x greater than those received by Black “Freedmen”. Intermarried Whites received 320 acre land allotments while Black “Freedmen” only received 40 acres.

Although it is important to note that the tribes were NOT in favor of white folks buying their way onto the “By Blood” rolls. They fought cases that they suspected were fraudulent in court. For example, @GovStitt ‘s ancestor on the Dawes Roll was accused by his own tribe of

fraudulently buying his way onto the Dawes “By Blood” Roll. It hurt Freedmen and other Natives when non-Natives fraudulently stoke our allotments. But now many of the descendants of these people are enrolled tribal members while Freedmen are not.

https://twitter.com/choctawfreedmen/status/1319353950785646592

So, although the fraud most definitely did happen sometimes, it was most certainly not as widespread as some people may think, in my opinion, especially since white Americans could easily just marry a Native person if they wanted an allotment.