December 2011

Los AngelesThe first American blood quantity law was passed in Virginia in 1705 to determine who had an Indian blood level high enough to be classified as Indian - and whose rights could be restricted accordingly. You would think that…

Lewis Pierce Jr., a tribe co-chair, said the tribe officially numbered around 3,000 members nationwide, all of whom must have at least a quarter of their lineage dating back to a few original families. The self-proclaimed American Indians…

COARSEGOLD, Calif .-- The six-page single-spaced letter Nancy Dondero and about 50 of her relatives received last month has been generously embellished with legal citations and footnotes. But its meaning was brutally simple.…