Tribal IdentityEnrollment
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Maidu protesters say dispute is over membership (5/21/2013)
(California) -- It's the same story heard across California in Indian gaming country — family against family with complex claims about the blood lineage of...
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PD Editorial: Power, abuse in determining tribal roots (11/20/2012)
(California) -- No one is more likely to hear from long lost relatives than the man who just won the lottery. The same is true of an Indian tribe that has or is about to...
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Tribal roots dispute delays Dry Creek Pomo election (11/18/2012)
(California) -- Disputes over tribal membership have flared up again among the Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians, prompting an indefinite postponement of the...
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Tribal Descendents Seek Official Recognition (11/2/2012)
(California) -- Shonta Chaloux, 38, grew up on the San Pasqual Indian Reservation. He has served in tribal administrative positions and is a descendant of San Pasqual...
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Children of San Pasqual members press for enrollment in tribe (10/27/2012)
(California) -- Shonta Chaloux, 38, grew up on the San Pasqual Indian Reservation. He has served in tribal administrative positions and is a descendant of San Pasqual...
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Freedman Issue
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Slave descendants seek equal rights from Cherokee Nation (5/21/2013)
(Oklahoma) -- On an oppressively hot evening last May, David Cornsilk addressed a room of so-called “black Indians” at Gilcrease Hills Baptist Church in...
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Freedmen lawsuit rolling again (3/13/2013)
(Oklahoma) -- A lawsuit seeking re-establishment of citizenship rights possessed by descendants of former slaves held by members of the Cherokee Nation gained momentum...
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Court denies Cherokee appeal on Freedmen ruling (3/12/2013)
(Washington D.C.) -- The District of Columbia circuit of the United States Court of Appeals denied a request Tuesday from the Cherokee Nation to rehear a decision to...
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Appeals Court: Freedmen can sue principal chief (12/21/2012)
(Oklahoma) -- A federal court on Dec. 14 ruled that descendants of slaves who were owned by Cherokee Nation citizens can sue the tribe’s current chief in an...
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D.C. Circuit Revives Cherokee Slaves' Case (12/20/2012)
(Washington D.C.) -- The D.C. Circuit reversed dismissal of a case against the Cherokee Nation, by descendents of its freed slaves who claimed the tribe disenfranchised...
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Slaves’ descendants can sue Cherokees over citizenship (12/20/2012)
(Oklahoma) -- Descendants of slaves owned by members of the Cherokee Nation can sue the current chief in an attempt to restore their tribal memberships, a federal...
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Cherokee Freedmen Case Returns to Capitol Hill; US Circuit Court of Appeals Will Re-Hear Vann v. Salazar (10/16/2012)
(Washington D.C.) -- This week, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit will be the latest venue to hear arguments in the Cherokee...
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Hembree updates council on Freedmen, UKB cases (10/8/2012)
(Oklahoma) -- Cherokee Nation Attorney General Todd Hembree on Sept. 27 provided the Tribal Council’s Rules Committee details about where cases involving the...
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Baby Veronica
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Cedric Sunray: Cherokee Nation places sovereignty at risk (5/17/2013)
(Oklahoma) -- Disenrollment, Baby Veronica, and countless other issues all share the common denominator of being brought to the proverbial card table of contention by...
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Native Voices
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SCHILLING: Exploring the Political Exploitation of Blood Quantum in the U.S. (5/7/2013)
(USA) -- Arica L. Coleman is an assistant professor of Black American Studies at the University of Delaware. She is African American and Native American (Rappahannock),...
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CHAMPAGNE: The Challenge of Mixed-Blood Nations (4/25/2013)
(USA) -- Countries with indigenous nations usually also have mixed-blood nations composed of people of indigenous descent and other nations or races.
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Guest Commentary: On Card Carrying Indians and Those Indians Who Don't (3/23/2013)
(Michigan) -- This is the historical trauma no one wants to talk about. We, as Native people, take it as a badge of honor that we have been issued cards qualifying us as...
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DANIELS: Your Great-Great Grandmother Wasn't a Cherokee (1/25/2013)
(Minnesota) -- Once, at a tribal consultation meeting, Larry Echo Hawk, Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs, asked me to join him for lunch. Upon learning that I was a...
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McKOSATO: Intense debate: Who is Indian? (1/20/2013)
(New Mexico) -- The issue of tribal citizenship is arguably the most equivocal topic in Indian Country today. The whole concept of blood quantum is as ambiguous as it is...
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State Recognition
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Indian leader dismayed tribal bill won't advance (2/20/2013)
(Indiana) -- The leader of the Miami Nation of Indiana says he's dismayed a bill that would provide state recognition for the Indian nation has failed for a third...
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Virginia Tribes Still Struggle for Recognition (11/13/2012)
(Virginia) -- Virginia honored the commonwealth’s Indian tribes last week, a subject that the U.S. Congress continues to ignore. Perhaps the new Congress elected...
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Tribe stops effort to strip status (10/31/2012)
(North Carolina) -- The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and other state-recognized tribes will remain members of the National Congress of the American Indian despite a...
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Lumbees' status in National Congress of the American Indian secured (10/30/2012)
(North Carolina) -- The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina will remain a member of the National Congress of the American Indian, after a vote last week to keep membership...
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Federal Recognition
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Federal Government Picks Apart Schaghticokes' Bid for Federal Recognition (1/30/2013)
(Connecticut) -- A Jan. 16 document sent to the Schaghticoke Indian Tribe (SIT) in Kent by the U.S. Department of the Interior details the many areas of documentation...
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OP/ED: One Lesson of Schaghticoke Bid, Wykeham Inn in Washington: These Days, No Hardly Ever Means No (1/30/2013)
(Connecticut) -- Two longstanding, convoluted and legally complex issues continue to wend their way through approval processes. Like a fast game of Whack-a-Mole, the...
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Schaghticoke Indian Tribe Renews Federal Recognition Bid (12/27/2012)
(Connecticut) -- The Schaghticoke Indian Tribe has renewed its dormant bid for federal recognition, according to John Sarcone of the Sarcone law Firm in White Plains, N....
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Tribe again seeks recognition (12/20/2012)
(Connecticut) -- The Schaghticoke Indian Tribe has filed to reinstate its case for federal recognition with the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Alan Russell, chief of the...
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Chinook tribe pushes for recognition, again (11/28/2012)
(Oregon) -- The most visible -- and likely least legally recognized -- Native American tribe in the Pacific Northwest, the Chinook plan again next year to push in...
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Little Shell Indian tribe tries again for recognition (11/19/2012)
(Montana) -- Montana’s Little Shell tribe appeared poised to fade from history in recent years after it was denied federal government recognition, lost its...
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First Nations Politics
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Court rules Metis, off-reserve aboriginals qualify as 'Indians' (1/12/2013)
(Canada) -- The Federal Court ruled Tuesday that Metis and non-status Indians qualify as "Indians" under the Constitution Act of 1867, and therefore fall under...
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Metis and non-status Indians are ‘Indians’ court rules (1/12/2013)
(Canada) -- Metis and non-status Indians are in fact “Indians” under the Constitution Act a federal court ruled Tuesday. Which means they are the...
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Defining who is Indian: A confusing question of identity and belonging (1/11/2013)
(Canada) -- On the one hand it looks like a mere change in definition: the expansion of a category – Indian – that most Canadians, including Indians...
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Métis office in Saskatchewan swamped with calls (1/11/2013)
(Saskatchewan) -- A landmark court decision dealing with who should be considered an Indian, under the Constitution, has led to a flood of calls to the Métis Nation -...
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After court ruling, officials expect to be ‘swamped’ with people claiming Métis heritage and benefits (1/9/2013)
(Canada) -- Now that the Federal Court has ruled that Métis enjoy First Nations rights, a fresh question is emerging: Exactly who are the Métis?
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Dwight Newman: Of aboriginals, Métis, First Nations, Inuit and Indians (status-holding and otherwise) (1/9/2013)
(Canada) -- The reaction to this week’s Daniels decision from the Federal Court — which extends federal jurisdiction to Métis and non-status Indians —...
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Métis court decision significant for Saskatchewan: Wall (1/9/2013)
(Saskatchewan) -- The impact of a federal court decision to classify Métis as Indians is significant for Saskatchewan, according to the premier of the province.
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Number of recognized aboriginal people should double, court rules (1/9/2013)
(Ottawa) -- The number of constitutionally recognized aboriginal people in Canada should double, the Federal Court of Canada has ruled in a judgment saying Métis and...
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NWT Premier Speaks Out About Federal Court Ruling (1/9/2013)
(North Canada) -- The decision to classify Metis and non-status natives as Indians by the federal court should not affect the NWT.
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OP/ED: What the Métis decision means for Canada (1/9/2013)
(Canada) -- The Government of Canada will spend about $250-billion on all of its programs in 2013-2014. Put that in the context of the assertion made by a lawyer...
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Walkom: Why the court’s Métis decision is wrong (1/9/2013)
(Canada) -- This week’s federal court decision on Métis and non-status Indians has opened a Pandora’s box.
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Who are the Métis and non-status Indians? (1/9/2013)
(Canada) -- The ruling by the Federal Court declaring Métis and non-status Indians as “Indians” under the Constitution Act of 1867 carries the potential for...
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Anishinaabe Men Blocked From Renouncing Status Under ‘Apartheid’ Indian Act (10/14/2012)
(Ontario) -- Two Anishinaabe men attempting to renounce their Indian Status under Canada’s controversial Indian Act are being rebuffed by the Ontario government.
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Elizabeth Warren
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Sen. Warren not listed among Native Americans (1/8/2013)
(Washington D.C.) -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren's Native American heritage sparked a major dust-up in the Massachusetts Senate campaign last year. Now, the newly sworn-in...
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OP/ED: Cherished family lore could be in doubt (12/25/2012)
(California) -- I am descended from an American Indian tribe of Massachusetts, perhaps Wampanoag, maybe Nipmuk or Nauset. Three Morse brothers sailed from England and...
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OP/ED: The Elizabeth Warren Situation Is More Complicated Than Many Think (10/11/2012)
(Minnesota) -- A ton of ink has been spilled on the subject of the Elizabeth Warren run for the U.S. Senate in Massachusetts. Most of the writing on the Indian side of...
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BLOG: Dear Elizabeth Warren: I know kids who would ask their parents for proof of their identity (10/7/2012)
(Illinois) -- Yesterday (September 24, 2012), Elizabeth Warren responded to Scott Brown's attack on her heritage by putting out an ad in which she rhetorically asks...
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BLOG: Why the Elizabeth Warren Issue Is Not About Her Race (10/7/2012)
(Oklahoma) -- As Elizabeth Warren supporters, including Deval Patrick, throw out terms like racism and “birther” in this hotly contested race for the Senate...
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Black clergy in Boston endorse Warren (10/6/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- Some of Boston’s most prominent African-American ministers put their support behind Elizabeth Warren Thursday and denounced Senator Scott Brown...
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Column: 'Minority' claim still dogs Warren thanks to her own mishandling (10/6/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- It is the issue that will not go away. For two debates in a row in the hotly contested U.S. Senate fight between incumbent Sen. Scott Brown and...
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Off-Reservation Casinos
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Questions about heritage of tribal leaders behind mega-casino (1/3/2013)
(Oregon) -- Is the Cowlitz Indian Tribe trying to build its multi-million dollar mega-casino in Clark County on land that was never its traditional territory? As a judge...
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Other News
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Who Was the Real James Young Deer? (5/21/2013)
(Hollywood) -- "With his acting experience and technical know-how, Young Deer soon advanced to one of Pathé's leading filmmakers. His Indian identity served him...
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John Norwood: Cultural groups rushing to claim tribal status (5/8/2013)
(USA) -- The Alliance of Colonial Era Tribes (ACET) has passed a guiding resolution regarding a growing issue: cultural enthusiast groups that have no continuous history...
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In Newfoundland, too many want recognition as Mi’kmaq Indians, federal government says (5/5/2013)
(Newfoundland) -- Hector Pearce found the link to his aboriginal ancestry on a tombstone near Bonne Bay, a stunning inlet in Newfoundland’s Gros Morne National...
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Chamorros, Carolinians cannot be American Indians (4/14/2013)
(Marianas) -- LIKE other Pacific Islanders, Chamorros and Carolinians are not eligible for the programs that benefit Native Americans in the U.S., U.S. Congressman...
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Northern Ute Tribal Enrollment May Rise, Pending Election Could Lower Blood Quantum (4/9/2013)
(Utah) -- A tribal nation with what could be North America’s strictest enrollment criteria may soon decide on more flexible rules that might, if adopted, increase...
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Seeking Proof of Native American Roots? (3/29/2013)
(USA) -- One of the most common types of questions I get from readers is about tracing Native American ancestry. As I have written before, in the case of African...
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White Earth Band considers changing membership rules (1/18/2013)
(Minnesota) -- The White Earth Band of Ojibwe in northwestern Minnesota could become the first member of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe to revise its constitution and...
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Hoopa Tribe Enrolls 22 New Members (1/17/2013)
(California) -- The Hoopa Valley Tribal Council enrolled 22 new members during a special meeting held last Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. The Council rejected their enrollment...
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White Earth Nation vote could end 'blood quantum' tribal membership requirement (1/16/2013)
(Minnesota) -- The White Earth Band of Ojibwe in northwestern Minnesota could become the first member of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe to revise its constitution and...
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Federal ruling grants victory to Métis and non-status groups (1/14/2013)
(Canada) -- A recent ruling on Jan. 8 by a federal court redefined “Indian” under the Constitution Act to include Métis and non-status Aboriginal peoples....
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Federal court gives “huge” victory to Metis and non-status Indians (1/10/2013)
(Canada) -- Metis and non-status Indians won a “huge” victory Tuesday when the Federal Court of Canada ruled they fall under the federal government’s...
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Who belongs to Snoqualmie Tribe? (1/10/2013)
(Washington) -- He traveled with a notebook in his pocket, on an urgent mission. All over Western Washington, for two years beginning in late 1916, Indian agent Charles...
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Battle for control of Dry Creek Pomos (1/7/2013)
(California) -- A struggle for control of the Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians played out Monday in Santa Rosa as two candidates for tribal office challenged...
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OP/ED: The Snoqualmie Tribe membership dispute: identity and score settling (1/7/2013)
(Washington) -- "Who Belongs to the Snoqualmie Tribe?" is the question encased in the headline atop a story in today's Times about enrollment disputes in...
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Who is in Snoqualmie Tribe? 'This is a mess' (1/6/2013)
(Washington) -- He traveled with a notebook in his pocket, on an urgent mission. All over Western Washington, for two years beginning in late 1916, Indian agent Charles...
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Think you're Cherokee? Proving it is a challenge for some descendants (1/6/2013)
(California) -- Hundreds of thousands of Americans believe they have Cherokee roots, and some really do, but few have fought as hard as Leslie Ross to become a card-...
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Suit claims Tribal members denied benefits for 25 years (12/23/2012)
(Michigan) -- Six members of a California family say they became members of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe more than 25 years ago, but have nothing to show for it.
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Native Americans and Northern Europeans more closely related than previously thought (11/30/2012)
(USA) -- Using genetic analyses, scientists have discovered that Northern European populations -- including British, Scandinavians, French, and some Eastern Europeans...
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Indigenous Actor Jack Charles Forced To Prove Hes Aboriginal November 23, 2012 (11/22/2012)
(Australia) -- Jack Charles is and was a lot of things: actor, cat burglar, heroin addict, inmate, homeless person. Now he's only one of those things - but one thing...
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Photo ID now part of Cherokee Nation citizenship cards (10/10/2012)
(Oklahoma) -- For the first time ever, Cherokee Nation is issuing photo tribal citizenship cards. Starting this month, Cherokee citizens can visit the tribe’s...
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