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Tribally enrolled people in the US have a federally issued card from the Bureau of Indian Affairs that says “how much” Indian they are in fraction form. It’s gross and weird.

And inaccurate! Some people have one ancestor through whom they’re eligible for tribal enrollment, and other ancestors through whom they’re not. Their tribal enrollment card only reflects the former, ignoring the others and diminishing the “percent” of “Native blood” they appear to have on paper.

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