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And how do you even define a tribe citizen? Is there like an ID card? Is it a DNA test? Does Elizabeth Warren qualify?
by cm2187 6y ago
And how do you even define a tribe citizen? Is there like an ID card? Is it a DNA test? Does Elizabeth Warren qualify?
- Wohlf 6y agoEvery tribe handles this themselves, it's based on ancestry. They define their own cutoff points, such as 1/16 etc.
- roywiggins 6y agoNot all tribes calculate blood quantum at all.
- protomyth 6y agoWhich one doesn't and is it federally recognized? The feds are a bit of a pain on that issue.
- roywiggins 6y agoThe Cherokee Nation doesn't impose a blood quantum test, you just need to have an ancestor listed on the Dawes rolls. https://cherokeeregistry.com/blood-quantum/ https://cherokeeregistry.com/blood-quantum/
- protomyth 6y agoOk, thanks. All the northern plains groups do the quantum. I suppose the Cherokee have a pretty scary history so that makes sense. The difference between the two tribes in their statement isn't because of blood, its distance to a major city.
- xeromal 6y agoThat's why he said the tribe decides.
- roywiggins 6y agoRight, but the implication was that tribes had each decided on a minimum blood quantum, but not all of them use blood quantum at all.
- monocasa 6y agoThe tribes have their own mechanisms for identifying citizens like any other jus sanguinis nationality. The specifics depend on the tribe in question.
- YetAnotherNick 6y agoHow does this work with government? Or let's go into one specific question, can I start my own tribe?
- monocasa 6y agoJust like it does for any other foreign citizenship. Getting your tribe you just started recognized without any of the treaties in place is about the same level of effort as getting your new country recognized. I don't see TSA accepting Sealand passports.
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- judge2020 6y agoThe Bureau of Indian Affairs has a process for being recognized as a tribe[0], and the criteria is at 25 CFR § 83.11 [1]. 0: https://www.bia.gov/as-ia/ofa https://www.bia.gov/as-ia/ofa 1: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/25/83.11 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/25/83.11