22 Questions
What is the primary purpose of the Indian Self-determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975?
To give federally recognized tribes authority over their membership criteria
Who has the authority to determine tribal membership for the disbursement of federal program funds?
Federal agencies
Which concept, mentioned in the text, is used as a criterion to receive certain services like Indian housing and health care?
Blood quantum
What did the “Report on Indians Taxed and Not Taxed” suggest in relation to reservations and tribes?
To abandon reservations and consolidate tribes
Which entity retains the power to deny or revoke acknowledgment of any tribe and its members despite tribes setting their own membership criteria?
Congress
What is the purpose of a Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood (CDIB) card?
To provide proof of blood quantum or tribal membership for federal services
Why does the United States insist that tribal members must have 'some Indian blood'?
To impose racial restrictions on tribal membership
Which Act granted federally recognized tribes the authority to establish their own membership criteria?
'Indian Self-determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975'
'Racialization' as described in the text refers to:
'Conceptualizing tribes as racialized minorities'
'Plenary power' granted to Congress, as discussed in the text, allows it to:
'Modify or eliminate tribal rights'
What was the primary reason the researcher used purposive sampling to select participants?
To ensure participants identified as American Indian
Which of the following best describes the researcher's approach to indigenous epistemology?
The researcher sought to decolonize Western scientific practices and center indigenous knowledge and voice.
What was the primary purpose of the researcher's use of a blended critical and indigenous interpretive lens?
To emphasize participative, emancipatory research and require holistic, relational, decolonizing ethics.
What was the primary reason the researcher used a blended approach for data analysis?
The deeply personal stories and subsequent vulnerability and pain within the conversations made it difficult to parse out bits and pieces as 'coding' themes.
Which perspective does the passage suggest is problematic for determining authentic Indigeneity?
Using cultural definitions that impose "misleading and timeless homogeneity onto tribes"
What does the passage suggest is the significance of blood and ancestry in Indigenous conceptions of identity?
Blood and ancestry are fundamental to American Indian identity and tribal sovereignty.
According to the passage, what is the primary concern with using racial or cultural boundaries to determine group membership in Indigenous communities?
It results in an essentialized vision of community that requires a specified set of attributes to belong.
What does the passage suggest is a promising approach to honoring the survival, resistance, and resilience of Indigenous ancestors?
Incorporating the peoplehood matrix, which centers and integrates the temporality, diversity, and interrelatedness of Indigeneity.
What does the passage suggest is the significance of self-representation and boundaries of belonging for Indigenous communities?
They are important tools for resisting the racialized constraint and exclusion of colonialism and federal Indian policy.
According to the passage, what is the primary concern with using Indian cards as proxies for cultural belonging and protection of resources?
It commodifies Indigenous identity and gives birth to racial and cultural gatekeepers who operate within a legitimized racism paradigm.
What does the passage suggest is the role of blood and ancestry in the development of contemporary American Indian identity?
Blood and ancestry are crucial to the development of contemporary American Indian identity, as they signify belonging and cultural autonomy.
According to the passage, what is the significance of the peoplehood matrix in relation to Indigenous identity and belonging?
The peoplehood matrix is a promising approach that can help Indigenous communities discover old ways and determine new ways of belonging that forgo racialized objects meant to divide and exclude.
Explore the contested meanings of being American Indian in the United States and the ongoing debate surrounding indicators of authentic indigeneity. Delve into authenticity policing, European acts of othering, settler colonialism, and federal Indian policy that shape the perception of the 'real Indian' trope.
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