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While the number of federally recognized Native nations in the
United States are increasing, the population figures for existing
tribal nations are declining. This depopulation is not being
perpetrated by the federal government, but by Native governments
that are banishing, denying, or disenrolling Native citizens at an
unprecedented rate. Since the 1990s, tribal belonging has become
more of a privilege than a sacred right. Political and legal
dismemberment has become a national phenomenon with nearly eighty
Native nations, in at least twenty states, terminating the rights
of indigenous citizens. The first comprehensive examination of the
origins and significance of tribal disenrollment, Dismembered
examines this disturbing trend, which often leaves the disenrolled
tribal members with no recourse or appeal. At the center of the
issue is how Native nations are defined today and who has the
fundamental rights to belong. By looking at hundreds of tribal
constitutions and talking with both disenrolled members and tribal
officials, the authors demonstrate the damage this practice is
having across Indian Country and ways to address the problem.
While the number of federally recognized Native nations in the
United States are increasing, the population figures for existing
tribal nations are declining. This depopulation is not being
perpetrated by the federal government, but by Native governments
that are banishing, denying, or disenrolling Native citizens at an
unprecedented rate. Since the 1990s, tribal belonging has become
more of a privilege than a sacred right. Political and legal
dismemberment has become a national phenomenon with nearly eighty
Native nations, in at least twenty states, terminating the rights
of indigenous citizens. The first comprehensive examination of the
origins and significance of tribal disenrollment, Dismembered
examines this disturbing trend, which often leaves the disenrolled
tribal members with no recourse or appeal. At the center of the
issue is how Native nations are defined today and who has the
fundamental rights to belong. By looking at hundreds of tribal
constitutions and talking with both disenrolled members and tribal
officials, the authors demonstrate the damage this practice is
having across Indian Country and ways to address the problem.
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