By Lila Brown, California Black Media A growing number of Black Americans, relying on newly digitized federal records and other sources, are discovering direct bloodlines to Native American ancestors. These discoveries are inspiring individuals to trace and claim their Native ancestry, leading some to apply for citizenship with tribal nations. When 32-year-old Daniel Bruce Kelly, an
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Lillian Cornelia Vasquez passed away peacefully in her sleep in the late afternoon of November 15 at the Hospice House in Eureka. She was 65 years old.
Battling racism, discrimination, and exclusion, seven artists formed the Professional Native Indians Artists Inc. to fight for professional respect and political self-determination.
for the many conversations that we ve had together. reporter: questioning over warren s past claims to native american ancestry have swirled for years going back to her first senate campaign against republican scott brown. professional warren claimed she was a native american, a person of color and as you could see she s not. reporter: the oklahoma native described herself as native american in numerous personnel documents early in her teaching career a revelation that sparked furious backlash. last fall warren responding to the criticism by releasing the results of a dna test which showed zabts distant native ancestry. that decision was widely panned as insensitive and offensive including by some tribal groups. the senator ultimately apologized. i am also sorry for not being more mindful of this decades ago. tribes and only tribes determine tribal citizenship.