She's Official

She's officially caught up on all her immunizations - 4 shots total this time :( She couldn't get enough air into her lungs to scream out fast enough! Poor babe.

And she's officially an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation! Most people are surprised that American Indians actually have a paper that states they are 4/4 degree, 1/2 degree, or 1/4 degree Indian.

It's one of the longest processes to get enrolled, because they of course have to check back into my ancestry, and receive her original birth certificate, and make sure that she is legite ;) But then again, she does have blue eyes, light brown/blonde hair, and a button nose...nothing at all like a Navajo Indian.

But after 4 months we finally received her official paper!

Mine is the left paper, yep I'm 1/2 degree Navajo (surprised?? the freckles and light skin must have thrown you off!)

But the paperwork stops with Isla. Her children won't have a paper - unless she marries a Navajo Indian- because they stop at 1/4 degree.

But with this paper she is eligible for VFC (Vaccines for Children), and her higher education is going to be paid for. There is a lot more that is available but mostly to those who live on the reservations.

I told Isla that she was officially "Caucasian" and "Navajo". But she was more interested in eating the paper.