wanted access to land or food rations. ... These were people who were more than happy to exploit the Dawes Commission – and government agents, for $5, were willing to turn a blind eye to the graft and corruption." For the small minority that managed this, this fraudulent enrollment may have earned white people potential benefits for themselves and their descendants, but also could have subjected them to further removal, relocation or incarceration; there were also land runs during this time, and other ways for white people to get land. Most of the white people on the Dawes roll are noted as included due to marrying a member of the tribe, and having Indian children. The Dawes Rolls, though recognized as flawed, are still essential to the citizenship process of the Nations that include them in their laws. The federal government uses them in determining blood-quantum status of individuals for Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood. See also Blood quantum laws Dawes Act Cherokee Freedmen Controversy Sooner Lineage-bonded society Notes References Russell, Steve (2002). "Apples are the Color of Blood". Critical Sociology Vol. 28, 1, 2002, p. 65 Discrimination in the United States History of racial segregation in the United States History of the United States Legal history of the United States Native American genocide Native American history Native American law Politics and race in the United States Pre-statehood history of Oklahoma Race legislation in the United States White supremacy in the United States