This is a message posted at the Tuscaroras.com discussion forum by Teresa Morris on September 26, 1998.

***Editor's note: She is referring to tribal rolls. Not all Indians were enrolled on tribal rosters.***

Not all Tuscarora are created to be on rolls....and this is good...wonder why?

Not all folks that have telephones have their names listed in the phone directory....wonder why?

The fact that do not have their names listed in the phone directory does not discount (a) they have a phone and (b) they know the responsibilities that go along with having a phone.

A reminder....just because an apple tree is perhaps transplanted in orlando, florida does not make it become an orange tree...

Why? because it was created to be an apple tree and produce APPLE JUICE. It is intended to produce apple juice be it in the north, south, east or west of the mississippi. Now whether or not it produces APPLE JUICE remains to be seen....there are certainly a lot of factors including manmade factors that helps to determine whether or not that particular APPLE TREE fulfills its purpose...created by the Creator.