The Indian Card: Who Gets to Be Native in America

The Indian Card: Who Gets to Be Native in AmericaA groundbreaking and deeply personal exploration of Tribal enrollment, and what it means to be Native American in the United States Candid, unflinching . . . Her thorough excavation of the painful history that gave rise to rigid enrollment policies is a courageous gift to our understanding of contemporary Native life. The Whiting Foundation Jury Who is Indian enough? To be Native American is to live in a world of contradictions. At the same time that

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this book reads like a song cycle—both singing to us and demanding that we sing in response

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