Blood Will Tell: Native Americans and Assimilation Policy Contributor(s): Ellinghaus, Katherine (Author) |
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ISBN: 0803225431 ISBN-13: 9780803225435 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press OUR PRICE: $38.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Native American - History | United States - 19th Century - History | United States - 20th Century |
Dewey: 970.004 |
LCCN: 2016047605 |
Series: New Visions in Native American and Indigenous Studies |
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6" W x 9" (1.10 lbs) 234 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. |