Chiefo104 t1_j77xy7y wrote
Reply to comment by Dr_DMT in TIL the number of people who identify as Native American on the US Census increased by 86% from 2010 to 2020. by substantial-freud
I'm curious why they would want more people. The less people, the more the money goes around.
Dr_DMT t1_j77y8x0 wrote
Because unless your relatives want to be incestuous, there's no way to keep the current blood quantum requirements.
Slick_36 t1_j79jnjn wrote
Also prevents tribal members from leaving the reservation. You can marry before leaving for a career, but your kids would have to move back to find a partner of their own. Good luck telling your kids that they have to marry not just within the same race, but the same tribe if they want their kids to inherit their identity.
It's basically ensuring those communites shrink until they disappear. It's not historical, it's not traditional, it's a calculated way to drain the blood from the tribe & disguise it as freedom of choice.
Chiefo104 t1_j77zhgh wrote
My family tree has branches overlapping. Luckily it's a couple generations in the past.
My great great grandma was married and had a child with a man. He then had a child with my great grandma. I also know of at least 2 sets of first cousins, not from my family, who are married with kids.
[deleted] t1_j797xom wrote
They want more members because it gives them larger influence plus the government gives grants based on how large the tribe is. You don’t have to be 1/64th to join an Oklahoma tribe- you just have to have an ancestor who signed the Dawes rolls. Many people have CDIB cards showing 1/124th or 1/215th etc.
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