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(WALDORF, MD)  One more step on the long March to the re-issuance on tribal enrollment IDs has been taken as the Piscataway tribe recently received authorization from the Bureau of Indian Affairs to correct problems with tribal enrollment data.

A recent review by the Elders’ Council of chart numbers and enrollment numbers revealed fairly serious problems with enrollment data - includingimproper enumeration of chart numbers and the reassignment of deceased tribal members’ enrollment numbers to living members. This review came just days before the Elders’ Council was set to begin mailing new enrollment confirmations.

Tribal Spokesman Rico Newman contacted the Bureau of Indian Affairs in mid-August to determine the procedure for correcting the data, and recently received approval for the tribe to do so. With that approval in hand, Mr. Newman is set to begin the process for correcting the chart and enrollment numbers with the Elders’ Council

Meanwhile, the Piscataway Communcations Office has finalized the process for manufacturing and distributing new Tribal Identification cards, received the go-ahead from the Elders’ Council, and located sources of funding for the project. The last item remaining to be completed is the correction of enrollment data (which will appear on the ID cards).

The tribe is still pushing an aggressive schedule for correcting the enrollment data, resuming enrollments, and distributing identification cards. The Communications Office has expressed optimism that the entire process will be complete by the end of the year.

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