TallBear

Yesterday at the DCI National Tribal Enrollment Conference, several tribal enrollment department staff members told us about individuals attempting to apply for tribal membership using genetic ancestry test results as documentary proof of their right to be enrolled. In my forthcoming book I speculate that this phenomenon might arise. It is here. There are two widespread educational deficiencies that [...]

Went to a fascinating morning session here in Albuquerque @ DCI America's National Tribal Enrollment Conference. It occurred to me that many of the tribal enrollment directors and staff in the session would benefit (if they feel like slogging through it) Kirsty Gover's "Genealogy as Continuity: Explaining the Growing Tribal Preference for Descent Rules in Membership Governance in the [...]