The Great Vanishing Act: Blood Quantum and the Future of Native Nations mental health and the problems of racism

and the problems of racism

What does it mean to be an Indigenous man today

life becomes an endless cycle of church mass

The basic patterns of Ojibwe word structure and the organization of the dictionary entries are clearly explained in the introduction

The Great Vanishing Act: Blood Quantum and the Future of Native Nations mental health and the problems of racismThe Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 was the US government's attempt to define who "Indians" were. Among the criteria the act set was a blood quantum, which declared that "Indians" were "all other persons of one half or more Indian blood." Today, many tribes wrestle with the legacy of blood quantum and "Indian" identity, as they work to manage tribal enrollment and social services. As the bloodlines grow increasingly diluted, within a few generation,