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Blood will tell : Native Americans and assimilation policy
- Title
- Blood will tell : Native Americans and assimilation policy / Katherine Ellinghaus.
- Author
- Ellinghaus, Katherine
- Publication
- Lincoln : The University of Nebraska Press, and The American Philosophical Society, 2017.
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- Description
- xxx,199 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "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 national status between 1887 and 1934 and how related exclusionary policies functioned to dispossess Native people of their land. The U.S. government's unspoken assumption at the time was that Natives of mixed descent were undeserving of tribal status and benefits, notwithstanding that Native Americans of mixed descent played crucial roles in the national implementation of allotment policy. Ellinghaus explores on-the-ground case studies of Anishinaabeg, Arapahos, Cherokees, Eastern Cherokees, Cheyennes, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Creeks, Lakotas, Lumbees, Ojibwes, Seminoles, and Virginia tribes. Documented in these cases, the history of blood quantum as a policy reveals assimilation's implications and legacy.The role of blood quantum is integral to understanding how Native Americans came to be one of the most disadvantaged groups in the United States, and it remains a significant part of present-day debates about Indian identity and tribal membership. Blood Will Tell is an important and timely contribution to current political and scholarly debates."--
- "A study of the role blood quantum played in the assimilation period between 1887 and 1934 in the United States"--
- Series Statement
- New visions in Native American and indigenous studies
- Subjects
- Indian allotments
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies
- HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
- Indians of North America > Ethnic identity
- Indians of North America > Land tenure
- Indians of North America > Government relations
- General Allotment Act (United States : 1887)
- Indians of North America > Mixed descent
- Indians of North America > Tribal citizenship
- Blood quantum
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- Indian Reorganization Act (United States)
- History
- Indian allotments > United States > History
- United States Indian Reorganization Act
- United States General Allotment Act (1887)
- Indians of North America > Legal status, laws, etc
- Indians of North America > Cultural assimilation > History
- United States
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-180) and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-7018
- ISBN
- 9780803225435
- 0803225431
- 9781496201584
- 1496201582
- LCCN
- 2016047605
- OCLC
- 962258294
- Author
- Ellinghaus, Katherine, author.
- Title
- Blood will tell : Native Americans and assimilation policy / Katherine Ellinghaus.
- Publisher
- Lincoln : The University of Nebraska Press, and The American Philosophical Society, 2017.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- New visions in Native American and indigenous studies
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-180) and index.
- Indexed Term
- Blood quantum
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-7018