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Across North America

"But the footprints will always be there

Giving Thanks is a special children's version of the Thanksgiving Address

The Great Vanishing Act: Blood Quantum and the Future of Native Nations research ” she writesThe Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 was the US government's attempt to define who "Indians" were. Among the criteria the act set was a blood quantum, which declared that "Indians" were "all other persons of one half or more Indian blood." Today, many tribes wrestle with the legacy of blood quantum and "Indian" identity, as they work to manage tribal enrollment and social services. As the bloodlines grow increasingly diluted, within a few generation,