Blood will tell : Native Americans and assimilation policy /

Blood will tell : Native Americans and assimilation policy /

Blood Will Tell reveals the underlying centrality of "blood" that shaped official ideas about who was eligible to be defined as Indian by the General Allotment Act in the United States. Katherine Ellinghaus traces the idea of blood quantum and how the concept came to dominate Native identi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ellinghaus, Katherine (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : Co-published by the University of Nebraska Press and the American Philosophical Society, [2017]
Series:New visions in Native American and indigenous studies.
Subjects:
United States. > General Allotment Act (1887)
United States. > Indian Reorganization Act.
Indians of North America > Ethnic identity.
Indians of North America > Tribal citizenship.
Indians of North America > Mixed descent.
Indian allotments > United States > History.
Indians of North America > Land tenure.
Indians of North America > Legal status, laws, etc.
Indians of North America > Government relations.
Indians of North America > Cultural assimilation > History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Native American Studies.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.

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