NAS Exam 1with verified solutions
1. Who decides and sets the legal criteria for American Indian tribal citizen-
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| ship? (lecture): The tribe. It differs between each tribe.
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2. What are the two legal criteria that most often constitute tribal citizenship?
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| (lecture): Blood Quantum and Lineal Descent (having ancestors on base roll).
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3. What percentage of Indian ancestry is most often required by tribes for
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| citizenship? (lecture): 25% | |
4. According to the 2010 US Census online how many American Indians and
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| Alaska Natives are U.S. citizens? (Hint: This is a 'total population' number in
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| the millions.: 5.2 Million
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5. What does the terminology blood quantum mean? (Lecture): Measurable
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| recorded degree of Indian blood/ancestry.
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6. Who must prove blood quantum? (Lecture): The person trying to get into the
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| tribe.
7. What will continuing reliance on blood quantum lead to? (lecture): Because of
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| multiple generations, it will eventually lead to no one qualifying through blood
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| quantum = the extinction of the tribe.
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8. What is the alternative that some tribes are choosing other than blood
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| quantum? (lecture): Lineal Descent | | |
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,9. What is statistical genocide? (NAV) Discussion of this concept is found in
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| two places in NAV.: Tribal blood continues to decrease as marrying outside of
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the tribe continues.
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10. Who confirms a Native person's self-identification of her/his Native identi-
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| ty? (NAV): Base rolls.
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11. Who are the harshest arbiters (judges) of Native identity according to an
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| essay in NAV and why? (NAV): Native people themselves because they are the
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| ones who get to determine who is in that certain tribe.
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12. What is internalized oppression? (NAV): Byproduct of colonization - trying
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to fit into society but not being able to.When people are oppressed for a long
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| period of time, they come to believe the stereotypes and the myths about their
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| own group that the dominant group is saying
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13. In its simplest definition, pan-Indianism equals intertribal cooperation.-
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: Pan-indianism is a philosophy and movement promoting unity among different
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| American indian groups in the Americas regardless of tribal or local affiliations
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14. What does federal recognition mean for tribes? (lecture): Grants freedom
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| of religion, legally recognized indian tribes as sovereign powers (own
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government), and gaming (gambling).
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15. How many tribes have this status of being federally recognized Indian
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, | tribes now in this year? (lecture): 574
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1. Who decides and sets the legal criteria for American Indian tribal citizen-
| | | | | | | | | | |
| ship? (lecture): The tribe. It differs between each tribe.
| | | | | | | |
2. What are the two legal criteria that most often constitute tribal citizenship?
| | | | | | | | | | |
| (lecture): Blood Quantum and Lineal Descent (having ancestors on base roll).
| | | | | | | | | |
3. What percentage of Indian ancestry is most often required by tribes for
| | | | | | | | | | |
| citizenship? (lecture): 25% | |
4. According to the 2010 US Census online how many American Indians and
| | | | | | | | | | |
| Alaska Natives are U.S. citizens? (Hint: This is a 'total population' number in
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| the millions.: 5.2 Million
| | |
5. What does the terminology blood quantum mean? (Lecture): Measurable
| | | | | | | |
| recorded degree of Indian blood/ancestry.
| | | |
6. Who must prove blood quantum? (Lecture): The person trying to get into the
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| tribe.
7. What will continuing reliance on blood quantum lead to? (lecture): Because of
| | | | | | | | | | |
| multiple generations, it will eventually lead to no one qualifying through blood
| | | | | | | | | | |
| quantum = the extinction of the tribe.
| | | | | |
8. What is the alternative that some tribes are choosing other than blood
| | | | | | | | | | |
| quantum? (lecture): Lineal Descent | | |
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,9. What is statistical genocide? (NAV) Discussion of this concept is found in
| | | | | | | | | | |
| two places in NAV.: Tribal blood continues to decrease as marrying outside of
| | | | | | | | | | | |
the tribe continues.
| | |
10. Who confirms a Native person's self-identification of her/his Native identi-
| | | | | | | | |
| ty? (NAV): Base rolls.
| | |
11. Who are the harshest arbiters (judges) of Native identity according to an
| | | | | | | | | | |
| essay in NAV and why? (NAV): Native people themselves because they are the
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| ones who get to determine who is in that certain tribe.
| | | | | | | | | |
12. What is internalized oppression? (NAV): Byproduct of colonization - trying
| | | | | | | | |
to fit into society but not being able to.When people are oppressed for a long
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| period of time, they come to believe the stereotypes and the myths about their
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| own group that the dominant group is saying
| | | | | | |
13. In its simplest definition, pan-Indianism equals intertribal cooperation.-
| | | | | | |
: Pan-indianism is a philosophy and movement promoting unity among different
| | | | | | | | | |
| American indian groups in the Americas regardless of tribal or local affiliations
| | | | | | | | | | |
14. What does federal recognition mean for tribes? (lecture): Grants freedom
| | | | | | | | |
| of religion, legally recognized indian tribes as sovereign powers (own
| | | | | | | | |
government), and gaming (gambling).
| | | |
15. How many tribes have this status of being federally recognized Indian
| | | | | | | | | |
2 |/
|21
, | tribes now in this year? (lecture): 574
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