Indigenous Governance Database

Blood Quantum and Sovereignty

Producer
Native Governance Center
Year

"Blood Quantum and Sovereignty" is a beginner-level conversation focused on why blood quantum is controversial, as well as how it came to be used as an enrollment and citizenship criteria for Native nations. Produced and recorded by Native Governance Center on March 30, 2022.

Featuring: Wayne Ducheneaux II, Megan Hill, Dr. Elizabeth Rule, Dr. Jill Doerfler, Gabe Galanda

blood quantum
exercising sovereignty
inherent sovereignty
citizenship rights
People
Wayne Ducheneaux
Megan M. Hill
Jill Doerfler
Elizabeth Rule
Gabriel S. Galanda
Resource Type
Interviews
Topics
Laws and Codes
Citation

Native Governance Center. "Blood Quantum and Sovereignty." Mar 30, 2022. Video. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldvC2bWRXu4, accessed March 8, 2023)

 

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