quantum mechanix

[Richard LaFortune]

That was exactly my point in bringing it up- blood
quantum can be used to ficticiously promote a person's
'Native' identity where it doesn't really exist.  It
can also be used negatively in other manners, but it
particularly obtains in this instance.
Richard
--- David Lewis <David.Lewis at GRANDRONDE.ORG> wrote:

> Be careful of using blood quantum to ID Natives.
> This is a federal strategy to disenfranchise all
> natives from their responsibility and to remove all
> land from native ownership. Also be careful with
> culture in general, that is a moving target, not
> static. 
> 
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> David G. Lewis
> Manager, Cultural Resources Department
> Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
> Office 503.879.1634
> David.Lewis at grandronde.org
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Indigenous Languages and Technology
> [mailto:ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Richard LaFortune
> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 2:38 PM
> To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
> Subject: Re: [ILAT] seal meat
> 
> It's a matter of degree Chris w fed blood quantum
> and
> enrollment requirements.  I could have a Yupik
> grandmother who 
> 1) can't speak English and only goes to the Alaska
> Commercial store for flour, shortening and sugar, or
> 
> 2) a 'Yupik' grandmother who is federally enrolled
> according to the letter of the law, possesses 0.25%
> Yupik blood quantum, doesn't miss an episode of
> Wheel
> of Fortune and thinks smoked seal meat is yucky.
> 
> Guess which grandmother mine is (actually, that is
> an
> accurate description of my mom, although she can
> write
> in broken English).  One of the grandmothers told me
> that Palin's husband's Native ID is bogus.  That's
> just what I was told.
> Richard LaFortune
> 
> --- Christopher Doty <suomichris at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> > First, let me say I'm no Palin fan, but I can't
> find
> > any evidence of
> > Palin being involved in the court case about
> > fishing, as per this
> > website:
> > http://www.narf.org/cases/statevnorton.html, nor
> > hunting as
> > far as I can tell (as per, e.g.,
> > http://www.narf.org/cases/ahtna.htm).
> >  Doesn't mean she wasn't involved, of course, but
> > still..
> > 
> > It also seems rather odd (although certainly
> > possible) that Palin
> > would be opposed to Yup'ik language use, given
> that
> > her husband's
> > grandmother is Yup'ik
> > (http://gov.state.ak.us/bio_firstgent.html)...
> > 
> > Anyone have anything more substantial on the
> > hunting/fishing issues
> > 
> > Chris
> > 
> > On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 12:45, William J Poser
> > <wjposer at ldc.upenn.edu> wrote:
> > > I don't know about the other issues, but the
> > language assistance
> > > part is certainly true given that the court case
> > is well-documented
> > > and that Palin is indeed Governor of Alaska and
> > therefore
> > > ultimately responsible for the state's position.
> > >
> > > Bill
> > >
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Christopher S. Doty
> > Grants and Technology Coordinator
> > Northwest Indian Language Institute
> > 
> > Graduate Student - Department of Linguistics
> > University of Oregon
> > 
> 
> 
> 
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