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A Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood or Certificate of Degree of Alaska Native Blood (both abbreviated CDIB) is an official U.S. document that certifies an individual possesses a specific fraction of Native American ancestry of a federally recognized Indian tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, or community. [1]
Native American tribal document, U.S. Citizen ID Card (Form I-197), An ID Card for the use of a Resident Citizen in the United States (Form I-179), An unexpired employment authorization card issued by the Dept. of Homeland Security (other than those included on List A) or; Consular Report of Birth Abroad (Form FS-240).
Some tribes have a blood quantum requirement for citizenship. Others use other methods, such as lineal descent.While almost two-thirds of all federally recognized Indian tribes in the United States require a certain blood quantum for citizenship, [15] tribal nations are sovereign nations, with a government to government relationship with the United States, and set their own enrollment criteria.
Anthropologist Kim TallBear describes some individuals asserting Native American ancestry based on DNA testing, who begin searching for "Cherokee ancestral lines" after this. She states, however, "There is no DNA test to prove you're Native American", [9] and that this group mostly continues to identify as white. [10]
Especially numerous was the self-identification of Cherokee ethnic origin, [124] a phenomenon dubbed the "Cherokee Syndrome", where some Americans believe they have a "long-lost Cherokee ancestor" without being able to identify any Cherokee or Native American people in their family tree or among their living relatives.
To pay homage to the rich ancestry of Native Americans, it helps to know of current-day people who share in the heritage. With that in mind, we gathered this list of 20 famous Native Americans ...
This is, of course, the name of the Native American tribe on which our state’s name is based. Whether you've lived here all your life or are new to the state, here are a few quick facts about ...
In the US context, some have noted that many African-American families have preferred claiming Native ancestry to European-American ancestry, [10] while quite a few European-American families have felt more comfortable claiming a false Native American identity for their ancestors who were actually African American. [11]