Enrollment Application
MUST BE LINKED BY BIRTH CERTIFICATE TO AN ORIGINAL ALLOTTEE OR
BROTHER/SISTER OF AN ALLOTTEE
Amendment I effective March 6, 1976
REQUIREMENTS
All applications are submitted to:
• Citizenship Committee reviews the Enrollment Office’s research for each application
• Citizenship Committee makes a recommendation to the Executive Committee
• Executive Committee approves and denies all applications
REQUIRED DOCUMENTS
IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF ANOTHER TRIBE PLEASE CONTACT YOUR TRIBAL
HEADQUARTERS TO OBTAIN A CONDITIONAL RELINQUISHMENT FORM.
Complete the Tribal Enrollment Application. Please make sure the application is signed and
dated.
If the name on the application differs from the Birth Name, please provide documentation of
name change i.e. Marriage License, Divorce Decree, Adoption Papers.
Complete the Family Tree form. This information is for research purposes. Please list the
applicant’s parents, grandparents and great-grandparents.
All applicants are required to submit a copy of the Original State Birth Certificate. All copies
must be legible. Hospital, county, city, commonwealth and parish birth certificates will not be
accepted. NOTE: NO DOCUMENTS WILL BE RETURNED.
Copy of applicant’s Social Security Card. Social Security card must show applicant’s current
legal name.
All applicants must possess Absentee Delaware Indian Blood through their biological
parent(s). All adoption decrees must be submitted with application.
Indian Blood: If the applicant possesses blood from another Federally Recognized Tribe,
please list tribes on the family tree form. PROVIDE COPIES OF APPLICANT’S PARENTS
TRIBAL IDENTIFICATION CARD
PLEASE NOTE: NO DOCUMENTS WILL BE RETURNED