blood will be left, and people will be lining up to try to prove they have Indian blood." Disenrollment Disenrollment can be defined as the process in which Native Americans lose citizenship with a tribe. In the case that a Native person is disenrolled from their tribe, they are essentially stripped of their government benefits and acceptance as a member of a federally recognized tribe, and they are also stripped of their identity as an individual, as implied in an article titled “Disenrollment Is a Tool of the Colonizers” published by Indian Country Today. An example of a tribe where hundreds of members were disenrolled is the Nooksack tribe where nearly 300 hundred members were disenrolled “The seven year saga has been well chronicled, particularly since 2016 when a tribal council faction refused to hold an election for four expired seats and incinerated the entire Nooksack government in an effort to forgo that election and carry out their mass disenrollment scheme”, Nooksack 306. The ultimate purpose of disenrollment is to dismantle Native tribes and destroy the identities of Native Individuals to make the re-enrollment process harder and to further add to the complexity of gaining recognition as a Native American in the United States, (Galanda, Gabriel). An individual may be ejected by a tribe, sometimes for serious offenses, but sometimes, upon discovery that their claim is not well-founded. Numerous disenrollments by small tribes with casino income are suspicious. Several Native American communities have prohibited disenrollment. Examples of disenrollment Black Seminoles Cahto Tribe Rancheria disenrolled 33% of members after casino opened in 1995. Cherokee freedmen controversy Chitimacha tribe of Louisiana: Between 1904 and 1919, tribal members of mixed African and Native American ancestry were disenrolled from the Chitimacha tribe of Louisiana, and their descendants have since then been denied tribal membership. Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde-in 2013 86 descendants of Tumulth disenrolled because ancestor is not on the restoration roll-he was executed by the US Army in 1855 (Note: Disenrollment reversed August 6, 2016) Elem Promo Indian Colony - 132 members proposed for disenrollment (Note: Disenrollment action withdrawn March 30, 2017) Hopland Band of Pomo Indians - 74 fully documented and legitimate descendants of a Hopland Distributee (Marian and William Wilder) were disenrolled for "errors in processing enrollment applications". Luiseno Nation of California-9 disenrolled Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma-15 disenrolled Muscogee Creek Freedmen -filed suit July 2018 to regain citizenship Northern