Tag: tribal membership

Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations 500Nations‘s insight: This is a fairly straightforward explanation of the CDIB and notes that it certifies a “specific degree” of Native American blood.  It also notes that the CDIB does not establish automatic membership in a tribe and that membership is determined by tribal laws. See on en.wikipedia.org

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Tribes | This American Life

This American Life

See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations A Native American tribe is doing exactly the opposite of what you’d think they’d do: they’re kicking people out of the tribe, huge numbers of them, including people whose ancestors without question were part of the tribe. TrooVizion‘s insight: Native American tribes have begun pushing out members for more and more, some would say,

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