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waaseyaaban t1_j781ibu wrote

Reply to comment by waaseyaaban 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

To clarify, the Ojibwe people surround the Great Lakes- some are in Canada and some are in the US. In the case of my friend, her Canadian Ojibwe heritage is not recognized by any Ojibwe tribe in the US.

Indigenous ancestry that has no basis within the US (in your example, Maya from Guatemala) not only has no tribes inside the US to recognize/not recognize you, you won't be recognized by the US federally.

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dongasaurus t1_j79h23v wrote

Right, but they may self identify on the census, which would explain a large increase of native ancestry on the census.

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