My wife is part Cherokee and says all this is BS! Those "tribes" are destroyed from their ancestors in every way, many by casinos and other state tax welfare programs leading many to life of decay, drug abuse, dependencies nobody ever talks about...
They can't prove it. I've been following this very closely, their puny "occupation" of 2-3 people at any given time living like the nasty hermits they are. Build the mine boys, lets get this show on the road. $LAC long and strong