Enrollment & Vital Statistics

The White Earth Nation has over 19,000 members living throughout the world! We are the largest Tribe in the state of Minnesota, in geographic size and population.

Enrollments

This office is available to assist individuals who are already enrolled or are seeking enrollment into the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe. The regulations for enrollment are governed by the Revised Constitution and Bylaws of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe (MCT) and must fall under one or more of the following categories outlined in the constitution

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Membership, Birth, and Death Records

Provides certification in the following areas:

  • Certification of Degree of Indian Blodd (CDIB)
  • Indian Preference (Form BIA 4432)
  • Enrollment Cards

Enrollment Appeals

If an applicant is denied membership into the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe by official action of the Tribal Executive Committee then that individual may appeal to the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Enrollment Review Committee, as established per the Enrollment Ordinance. If the Enrollment Review Committee sustains the denial of membership then the applicant may make final appeal to the Bureau of Indian Affairs as described in the Constitution and Enrollment Ordinance.

Individual Indian Monies (IIM) Accounts

Tribal Operations assists members by processing Individual Indian Monies (IIM) applications and forms.

Each of the categories has specific restrictions that are referred to in the MCT Constitution which governs six of the Ojibwe Nations in Minnesota. The entire Constitution and amendments can be found on the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe’s website: http://www.mnchippewatribe.org/tribal_operations.htm.

Members of the White Earth Nation comprise almost one-half of the entire MCT.

Due to data privacy concerns, we must have the original forms with appropriate documentation. We are not able to process incomplete requests and are not allowed to give out information or enrollment numbers over the phone.

The White Earth Nation does not issue per capita payments to Enrolled members

Whereabouts Unknown List

Bureau Of Trust Funds Administration Notice:
Is the Bureau of Trust Funds Administration looking for you? If your name is on the Whereabouts Unknown List, you may have money, land or both on deposit in an Individual Indian Monies (IIM) account under the Bureau of Trust Funds Administration.

Please call the Bureau of Trust Funds Administration’s Trust Beneficiary Call Center at 1-888-678-6836 in order to verify and update your IIM account information.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE WHITE EARTH WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN LIST

Contacts

Enrollments
Enrollments Department Information
Hours:
8am - 4:30pm, Monday-Friday
 
P.O. Box 506
White Earth, MN 56591
Office - (218) 983-4643
Fax - (218) 983-3707
Enrollments Department Staff
Director of Enrollments
Shannon Heisler
Enrollment Technician
Katherine Warren
Enrollment Technician
Heather Murray
Enrollment Technician
Tracey Mason
Genealogy Research Specialist
Lynn Heisler
Genealogy Technician
Barbara Brown
Enrollment Clerk
Shelley Scheler
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