What Does it Mean to be a Federally Recognized Tribe?
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The 1830 Indian Removal Act led to the forced relocation of nearly 50,000 Indigenous people. What happened to the ones that stayed? Since then, some Native American tribes have struggled for federal recognition by the U.S. government. This episode explains the complex process a non-federally recognized Tribe must undergo to gain federal recognition and highlights southern Alabama’s state-recognized MOWA Band of Choctaws’ ongoing fight.
To learn more about federal recognition, visit: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/tribes-not-federally-recognized
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0:00 Fight for federal recognition
1:30 What is federal recognition?
2:00 BIA process Explained
7:39 Indian Removal Act / Trail of Tears
9:00 How segregation affects recognition
10:27 State Recognition
12:09 BIA Process Change / Future of Recognition
14:52: Weathered Earth’s Extremes
Other Resources:
⇨ They Say the Wind Is Red: The Alabama Choctaw ― Lost in Their Own Land by Jacqueline Anderson Matte
⇨ “If You Are Not at the Table, You Are on the Menu”: Lumbee Government Strategies under State Recognition by Danielle V. Hiraldo
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