Those Who Belong

Identity, Family, Blood, and Citizenship among the White Earth Anishinaabeg

Jill Doerfler (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

240 Seiten

2015
Michigan State University Press (Verlag)
978-1-61186-169-3 (ISBN)

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Despite the central role blood quantum played in political formations of American Indian identity in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, there are few studies that explore how tribal nations have contended with this transformation of tribal citizenship. Those Who Belong explores how White Earth Anishinaabeg understood identity and blood quantum in the early twentieth century, how it was employed and manipulated by the U.S. government, how it came to be the sole requirement for tribal citizenship in 1961, and how a contemporary effort for constitutional reform sought a return to citizenship criteria rooted in Anishinaabe kinship, replacing the blood quantum criteria with lineal descent. Those Who Belong illustrates the ways in which Anishinaabeg of White Earth negotiated multifaceted identities, both before and after the introduction of blood quantum as a marker of identity and as the sole requirement for tribal citizenship. Doerfler’s research reveals that Anishinaabe leaders resisted blood quantum as a tribal citizenship requirement for decades before acquiescing to federal pressure. Constitutional reform efforts in the twenty-first century brought new life to this longstanding debate and led to the adoption of a new constitution, which requires lineal descent for citizenship.

Jill Doerfler (White Earth Anishinaabe) is Associate Professor and Department Head of American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota–Duluth.

Contents Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. No, No There Was No Mixed-Bloods: Mapping Anishinaabe Conceptions of Identity Chapter 2. Consider the Relationship: Citizenship Regulations of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Chapter 3. It is Time to Take Our Own Leadership: The Constitution of the White Earth Nation Conclusion Appendix 1. Revised Constitution and Bylaws of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota Appendix 2. The Constitution of the White Earth Nation Notes Bibliography Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.7.2015
Reihe/Serie	American Indian Studies
Zusatzinfo	1
Verlagsort	East Lansing, MI
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► Arbeits- / Sozialrecht ► Sozialrecht
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-61186-169-1 / 1611861691
ISBN-13	978-1-61186-169-3 / 9781611861693
Zustand	Neuware