Lineal descent means that anyone directly descended from original tribal enrollees could be eligible for tribal enrollment, regardless of how much native blood they have. A collateral descendant is a legal term for a relative descended from a brother or sister of an ancestor, and thus a niece, nephew, or cousin.
All poems of William Cullen Bryant Â». an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post. Bryant was born on November 3, 1794, in a log cabin near Cummington, Massachusetts; the home of his birth is today marked with a plaque. He was the second son of Peter Bryant, a doctor and later a state legislator, and Sarah Snell.
Born on December 13, 1903 in Norfolk, Va., Ella Jo Baker grew up listening to stories of slave rebellions from her grandmother. A former slave, her grandmother told Baker that she'd been punished for not marrying a man that her owner had chosen. These stories laid the foundation for social justice and activism that would remain throughout Baker's life. Baker began her career in social activism while a student at Shaw University.