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Those Who Belong : Identity, Family, Blood, and Citizenship among the White Earth Anishinaabeg /

Despite the central role blood quantum played in political formations of American Indian identity in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, there are few studies that explore how tribal nations have contended with this transformation of tribal citizenship. Those Who Belong explores how White E...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Doerfler, Jill
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: East Lansing, MI : Michigan State University Press, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Despite the central role blood quantum played in political formations of American Indian identity in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, there are few studies that explore how tribal nations have contended with this transformation of tribal citizenship. Those Who Belong explores how White Earth Anishinaabeg understood identity and blood quantum in the early twentieth century, how it was employed and manipulated by the U.S. government, how it came to be the sole requirement for tribal citizenship in 1961, and how a contemporary effort for constitutional reform sought a return to citiz.
Physical Description:1 online resource (240 pages).
ISBN:9781609174576