How do I get benefits from The AITF My father is part Comanche Indian born in a reservation in Texas?

-benefits from the American Indian FundIf you know about the American Indian Fund for scholarships, then, no doubt you have looked at the requirements for each category of scholarship the fund offers:



Graduate Special Scholarships:

http://www.collegefund.org/students_and_鈥?/a>

One of the requirements is: "American Indian or Alaskan Native with proof of enrollment or descendancy"



Tribal Colleges - Special Scholarships

http://www.collegefund.org/students_and_鈥?/a>

One requirement: Enrollment (membership) in either a Federally recognized Native American nation or "a member or descendant of a tribe in Oklahoma," or "American Indian, Alaskan Native, or Hawaiian Native with proof of enrollment/descendancy" depending upon the scholarship in this category.



Mainstream College - Special Scholarships

http://www.collegefund.org/students_and_鈥?/a>

One requirement, depending upon the scholarship: Be "a member or descendant of a tribe in Oklahoma," or "American Indian or Alaskan Native with proof of enrollment or descendancy."



Therefore you will need to prove the Comanche ancestry of your father and in many cases be an official enrolled member of the Comanche Nation:

http://www.comanchenation.com/enrollment鈥?/a>



If your father already is an enrolled member of the Comanche Nation, you can find out in the Comanche Nation link above if you, too, can apply for membership or if he can register you as a member. If he is not an enrolled member, then you will need to research and collect the documentation needed, as stated on the Comanche Nation link above, and apply for membership. You may or may not be accepted as an enrolled member.



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