American Indian Sovereignty and Naturalization: It's a Race Thing

Authors

John Rockwell Snowden, University of Nebraska College of Law
Wayne Tyndall, Carl T. Curtis Health Education Center
David Smith, Little Priest Tribal College, Winnebago Nation

Abstract

I. A Sketch of Naturalization in the United States ... A. The Historical Background of Naturalization in the United States ... 1. English Roots: The Theory of Natural Allegiance ... 2. The Colonial Experience: The Theory of Volitional Allegiance Emerges ... 3. Defining the Qualifications for Naturalization after Independence ... B. Current Naturalization Criteria ... C. Values and Justifications of the Naturalization Process ... 1. The Concepts of Ascription and Consent ... 2. Normative Justifications of the Naturalization Process

II. Indigenous Naturalization ... A. Tribal Sovereignty and "Membership Selection": Blood Quantum as Fiction Among the Sovereign Umoⁿhoⁿ Nation ... 1. Origins and Treaties ... 2. Adoption as a Kinship Practice ... 3. Blood and Proportionality ... 4. Conclusion ... B. Winnebago Naturalization

III. Vampire Law ... A. The Origins of Federal Blood Law ... B. The Rogers Legacy-Racial Jurisdiction ... 1. Federal Criminal Cases ... 2. State Criminal Cases ... C. The Disappearance of the Non-Racial Naturalized Indian ... D. Blood Beyond Jurisdiction

IV. Now: Looking to the Past; Stepping to the Future

Recommended Citation

John Rockwell Snowden, Wayne Tyndall, and David Smith, American Indian Sovereignty and Naturalization: It's a Race Thing, 80 Neb. L. Rev. (2001)
Available at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nlr/vol80/iss2/3