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What is Blood Quantum?

What is Blood Quantum?
What is Blood Quantum?
Author
Oneida Trust and Enrollment Committee
Year

This article will explore the history of using blood quantum to categorize American Indian identity. The measuring of blood and the concept of 'Indianness' is a complex and difficult subject...

allotment
blood quantum
citizenship criteria
enrollment
identity
membership criteria
Native Nations
Oneida Nation of Wisconsin
Resource Type
Other Papers & Reports
Topics
Citizenship/Membership
Constitutions
Governance
Citation

Oneida Trust and Enrollment Committee. "What is Blood Quantum?" Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin. Oneida, Wisconsin. July 27, 2013. Article. (https://oneida-nsn.gov/dl-file.php?file=2016/03/Article-2-Blood-Quantum.pdf, accessed November 6, 2013)