Blood Quantum
First of all, I be lieve the decision to change
anything related to Tribal Enrollment should not be in the hands of 9 Tribal
Councilors but should be sent to a referendum vote of the people. I also believe
blood quantum is a federal policy implementing termination.
Descendancy has been discussed. The
flaw in choosing descendancy is the creation of two classes of citizens,
those above and those below ¼ blood, often with different advantages.
An alternative is simply raising
the blood quantum of the original roll sent to the BIA to full blood by
referendum. Calculating blood quantum based on that original and official roll
as full bloods lets more youngsters onto the roll while maintaining ¼ blood
quantum minimum. Every so many years the Council could select a new roll
date for full blood status and send to referendum.
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