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While the number of federally recognized Native nations in the United States are increasing, the population figures for existing tribal nations are declining. This depopulation is not being perpetrated by the federal government, but by Native governments that are banishing, denying, or disenrolling Native citizens at an unprecedented rate. Since the 1990s, tribal belonging has become more of a privilege than a sacred right. Political and legal dismemberment has become a national phenomenon with nearly eighty Native nations, in at least twenty states, terminating the rights of indigenous citizens. The first comprehensive examination of the origins and significance of tribal disenrollment, "Dismembered" examines this disturbing trend, which often leaves the disenrolled tribal members with no recourse or appeal. At the center of the issue is how Native nations are defined today and who has the fundamental rights to belong. By looking at hundreds of tribal constitutions and talking with both disenrolled members and tribal officials, the authors demonstrate the damage this practice is having across Indian Country and ways to address the problem.

Indians of North America --- Human rights --- Citizenship --- Tribal citizenship. --- Tribal enrollment --- Tribal membership

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"A study of the role blood quantum played in the assimilation period between 1887 and 1934 in the United States"-- "Blood Will Tell reveals the underlying centrality of "blood" that shaped official ideas about who was eligible to be defined as Indian by the General Allotment Act in the United States. Katherine Ellinghaus traces the idea of blood quantum and how the concept came to dominate Native identity and national status between 1887 and 1934 and how related exclusionary policies functioned to dispossess Native people of their land. The U.S. government's unspoken assumption at the time was that Natives of mixed descent were undeserving of tribal status and benefits, notwithstanding that Native Americans of mixed descent played crucial roles in the national implementation of allotment policy. Ellinghaus explores on-the-ground case studies of Anishinaabeg, Arapahos, Cherokees, Eastern Cherokees, Cheyennes, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Creeks, Lakotas, Lumbees, Ojibwes, Seminoles, and Virginia tribes. Documented in these cases, the history of blood quantum as a policy reveals assimilation's implications and legacy.The role of blood quantum is integral to understanding how Native Americans came to be one of the most disadvantaged groups in the United States, and it remains a significant part of present-day debates about Indian identity and tribal membership. Blood Will Tell is an important and timely contribution to current political and scholarly debates."--

HISTORY / United States / 20th Century. --- HISTORY / United States / 19th Century. --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies. --- Indians of North America --- Indian allotments --- Allotments, Indian --- Indian non-trust allotments --- Indian trust allotments --- Restricted fee Indian allotments --- American aborigines --- American Indians --- First Nations (North America) --- Indians of the United States --- Indigenous peoples --- Native Americans --- North American Indians --- Citizenship --- Guineas (Mixed bloods, United States) --- Racially mixed people --- Indian inspectors --- Cultural assimilation --- History . --- Government relations. --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Land tenure. --- Ethnic identity. --- History. --- Mixed descent. --- Tribal citizenship. --- Land tenure --- Culture --- Ethnology --- Tribal enrollment --- Tribal membership --- Mixed bloods --- Race identity --- Land titles --- Real property --- Government policy --- United States. --- Blood quantum --- History