Also called: Tribal Enrollment Specialist, Tribal Membership Director
Keeps a Native nation's membership rolls, checking family trees and records to decide who qualifies as a citizen of the tribe.
An applicant brings a birth certificate, her mother's enrollment card and an old census roll. You trace the family line back through records, check it against the nation's membership law, and prepare the file for the enrollment committee. You also issue ID cards and answer families' questions, sometimes about painful history.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 2 years after high school. High school diploma or associate degree; many have a bachelor's. Records training on the job.
Ways in: On-the-job training, 2-year college, 4-year college. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: American Indian Studies, Public Administration, History.
Growing about average. Steady; every federally recognized nation (574 in all) keeps rolls.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. Digital records speed lookups; weighing family histories under tribal law and talking with families stay human.
Classes: US History, Computer applications, A Native language class if offered.
Official data: O*NET occupation 43-4199.
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