"Take only memories, leave nothing but footprints." - Chief Seattle
At the turn of the century, half of all Indians in the US were
considered "full-bloods." By 1990 estimates are that only 20% percent are "full-blood". A third of all recognized Indians in the US are the quarter-blood cut off point. Cherokee demographer Russell Thorton estimates that, given continued imposition of purely racial definitions, Native Americans, as a whole, will have disappered by the year 2080.
Blood quantum can lead in only one general direction and that is
down. Once a lineage goes below 100 percent, no matter how many times offspring remarry with "full-blood" spouses, it can't ever be restored back to 100 percent. With blood quantum requirement of 50% mathematically, Native Americans are all just two generations away from extinction.
considered "full-bloods." By 1990 estimates are that only 20% percent are "full-blood". A third of all recognized Indians in the US are the quarter-blood cut off point. Cherokee demographer Russell Thorton estimates that, given continued imposition of purely racial definitions, Native Americans, as a whole, will have disappered by the year 2080.
Blood quantum can lead in only one general direction and that is
down. Once a lineage goes below 100 percent, no matter how many times offspring remarry with "full-blood" spouses, it can't ever be restored back to 100 percent. With blood quantum requirement of 50% mathematically, Native Americans are all just two generations away from extinction.
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