An admitted candidate must be able to document affiliation as follows:

• Native Americans must be able to document membership in a federally recognized tribe.  This can be done through ID cards, certificates of membership, letters from governing councils, or other valid documentation.  See the attached site for a list of federally recognized tribes, http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/tribes.html .

• To verify native Hawaiian ancestry candidates must be able to provide a copy of a certified birth certificate stating Hawaiian race which can then link you to your Hawaiian ancestry. You may obtain original birth documents from the Hawai'i State Department of Health (DOH), or contact the state vital statistics office wherever the birth took place.