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  2. Native American recognition in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In order to become a federally recognized, tribes must meet certain requirements. The Bureau of Indian affairs defines a federally recognized tribe as an American Indian or Alaska Native tribal entity that is recognized having a government-to-government relationship with the United States, with the responsibilities, powers, limitations, and obligations attached to that designation, and is ...

  3. Blood quantum laws - Wikipedia

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    Overall, the number of registered members of many Native American tribes has been reduced because of tribal laws that define and limit the definition of acceptable blood quantum. Native American nations have continued to assert sovereignty and treaty rights, including their own criteria for tribal membership, which vary among them.

  4. Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood - Wikipedia

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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]

  5. State-recognized tribes in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Under US federal law and regulations, an American Indian tribe is a group of Native Americans with self-government authority. [8] This defines those tribes recognized by the federal government. By 2021, 574 tribes had been recognized by the federal government, often as a result of the process of treaties setting up reservations in the 19th century.

  6. Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations - Wikipedia

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    In the United States from 2000-2010, twenty-five percent of indigenous folk reported that they consistently face food insecurity. [6] Additionally, American Indians and Alaskan Natives are the demographic groups that ranked highest in the categories of being “food insecure” and “very low food secure” in the nation from 2016 to 2021. [7]

  7. The radioactive issue: Meet the 2 Native American women ... - AOL

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    The original law, passed in 1990, offered benefits of $50,000 to Americans downwind of the Nevada nuclear testing ground, $100,000 for uranium miners and $75,000 to nuclear weapons testing workers.

  8. Native American identity in the United States - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Food Stamps: Why Aren’t More Eligible Americans Using SNAP ...

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    SNAP enrollment numbers are falling, but the level of food insecurity across the country has increased, according to experts. If food insecurity is a growing concern, why aren't more eligible...