Introduction
I finished this in approximately May of 2008 and wanted to wait till the issue came up again and after I was able to let it go to discuss it. Poignantly, I wish to discuss the issue of “many simply feel they do not belong.”
High Country: Blood quantum threatens tribesThousands of Native Americans are not enrolled in their tribes because their bloodlines have become diluted over the years, as is happening with the Comes Last family. Even some full-blooded Native Americans lack enough of any one tribe’s heritage to qualify for enrollment. .. And, on a more intangible note, many simply feel they do not belong.
Another way of saying “many simply feel they do not belong” is to say that many feel isolated. I’ll offer some thoughts on that and then share the essay I wrote in 2008.