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Crow leadership are working toward revamping their tribal citizenship requirements. If their proposal goes through, any currently enrolled tribal citizens would be designated as having 100% Crow blood. The St. Croix Ojibwe Tribe in Wisconsin is seeing their first tribal enrollment gains in years after they got rid of their blood quantum requirement. They are among the tribes looking down the road and mapping a future away from the Indian blood requirement.
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Levi Black Eagle (Apsáalooke), secretary of the Crow Tribe
Conrad St. John (St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin), chairman of St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin
Jill Doerfler (White Earth Anishinaabe), professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota-Duluth
Cheyenne Robinson (Omaha), treasurer for the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska
Jonaye Doney (Aaniih), student at the University of Montana
Break 1 Music: Intertribal (song) Blackfoot Confederacy (artist) Confederacy Style (album)
Break 2 Music: She Raised Us (song) Joanne Shenandoah (artist) LifeGivers (album)
Good morning. I am enrolled member with Citizen Potawatomi nation. They haven’t done blood quantum since probably the 80s.. I cannot speak for my tribe, but because they track lineage instead of blood quantum, I was able to be an enrolled member, get benefits and also learn my tribal Heritage, culture and language. I am sure there are pros and cons, but for me specifically I think lineage over blood quantum is the way to go.. Thank you for your time.