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Russell, Mike

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Whenever American Indians are the subject of conversation, it is usually within a historical or cultural context. This book presents a profile of today's American Indian community and an insight to the complex issues of American Indian population tribes and reservations.

American Indian Facts of Life

Russell, George L.

Vision Statement The purpose of this book to provide current information about today’s Native American population, tribes and reservations. This book is one-third of a three-part package. We also publish a wall map, “Native American Reservations” and the Native American Online portal is a work in progress. Native American FAQ’s is not meant to be a study in anthropology. The subject of Native Americans is so vast, complex and diverse that it would take a lifetime of study to understand the people and their problems. Our hope is that this book will present enough information, direction and reference to motivate the reader to do further study and research in their area of interest. The bibliography lists the addresses and telephone numbers for major reference sources. Libraries, universities and museums contain thousands of voluminous resources that chronicle every aspect of the fascinating epic as two conflicting cultures engaged in a violent and savage struggle for survival. For Native people the struggle continues. Format For this 6th edition of this book, we will use the FAQ’s format. During presentations, my favorite time is the question and answer sessions. The exchange of information and ideas is much more interesting than delivering information. FAQ's may be as close as we can get to that type of exchange in writing. Research Reference Sources Ten years ago, the research for the map and book was compiled from public libraries, museum libraries and agency reports. One of our basic demographic sources was the 1990 Census. We are working closely with Census 2000 on a Regional, State and City level and look forward to the final statistics with great anticipation. However, the final stats will not be available for at least another year as of this printing. Most research reports and lists are no longer available in print. Consequently, most of the revisions and updated information for this printing are excerpted and downloaded from Internet websites. Whenever possible, we have networked by linking to sites than enhance or contain information that we feel is relevant.

Native American F.A.Q.s Handbook

Politics & Social Sciences

Russell, George

Social Sciences

<p>“Today’s American Indians are usually perceived as icons of the past, while current information about population, tribes and reservations is essentially ignored.” George Russell – Saginaw Chippewa Before American Indians can realistically develop national political and economic strategies to deal with a roster of long standing issues, it is essential to know the answers to some very basic demographic questions. What is today's American Indian population? (2.5 million) How many tribes still exist? (562 federally recognized) How many reservations are there? (314 in the continental US) What are the blood quantum certification requirements for tribal membership? The United States government definition of a legal Indian is: “Any person who has the certifiable Indian blood quantum to meet the enrollment requirements of a federally recognized tribe.” This seemingly innocuous definition has been the cause of enormous dilemma in the Indian community. American Indians are the only ethnic group of people who must comply with the US government official documentation and certification process to be recognized as American Indians. A larger ominous question is: “Do current blood quantum certification requirements program Indians for extinction?” There is a generational genetic blood quantum time-bomb quietly ticking in Indian country! Indian blood quantum is being rapidly diluted with each passing generation until, theoretically, it will be essentially extinguished. The blood quantum issue is further complicated by the proliferation of tribally mixed people. The Blood quantum certification dilemma has become a game of Genetic Roulette combined with Rubik’s Cube complexity. This book provides answers to these complex demographic questions and a foreboding premise, that American Indians may become an endangered species in the foreseeable future, from an insightful and provocative Indian perspective.</p>

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