Blood will tell : Native Americans and assimilation policy / Katherine Ellinghaus.

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"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 identity and na...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ellinghaus, Katherine (Author)
Language:English
Published: Lincoln, NE : 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.
General Allotment Act (United States : 1887)
Indian Reorganization Act (United States)
Indigenous peoples of North America > Ethnic identity.
Indigenous peoples of North America > Tribal citizenship.
Indigenous peoples of North America > Mixed descent.
Indigenous allotments > United States > History.
Indigenous peoples of North America > Land tenure.
Indigenous peoples of North America > Legal status, laws, etc.
Indigenous peoples of North America > Government relations.
Indigenous peoples of North America > Cultural assimilation > History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Native American Studies.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Indian allotments.
Indians of North America > Cultural assimilation.
Indians of North America > Ethnic identity.
Indians of North America > Government relations.
Indians of North America > Land tenure.
Indians of North America > Legal status, laws, etc.
Indians of North America > Mixed descent.
Indians of North America > Tribal citizenship.
United States.
Blood quantum
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xxx, 199 pages ; 24 cm.
Format: Book

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