As tribal nations debate what it means to be Native American, the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe is considering removing a rule that requires members to have 25% tribal blood. In Minnesota, the Chippewa ...

Fire Exit. By Morgan Talty. Tin House Books; 256 pages; $28.95. To be published in Britain by And Other Stories in October; £14.99 HOW NATIVE AMERICAN is Native American enough? That is the question ...

In Rosita Worl’s estimation, the time is coming to ditch or at least retool the requirements that tie being an Alaska Native Corporation shareholder to a specific percentage of Native heritage. The ...

A discrimination lawsuit has been filed challenging an Act in Hawaii that sets aside land for Native Hawaiians. The Pacific Legal Foundation says the blood-quantum requirement of 50% Native Hawaiian ...

The discourse of blood in the assimilation period -- Fraud : the allotment of the Anishinaabeg -- Chaos : the Dawes Commission and the Five Tribes -- Practically white : the federal policy of ...