Membership
Each tribe sets its own membership requirements. The Miccosukee accept as members those persons who have Miccosukee mothers and are not enrolled in any other Tribe. Children are born into their mother's clan, from which they gain their status in the tribe, as it is matrilineal.
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“The two real political parties in America are the Winners and the Losers. The people don’t acknowledge this. They claim membership in two imaginary parties, the Republicans and the Democrats, instead.”
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