Blood quantum has been used to categorize me by Indigenous people, immigrants, and settlers. An immigrant once asked me if I am Indigenous. “Yes,” I said. “How much?” she asked. How do I answer that? I am a mixture of Inuk and Mi’kmaw and European. I was raised knowing I am Inuk. That’s not enough for a lot of people. https://www.record-eagle.com/opinion/op-ed-blood-quantums-dark-history-to-erase-natives-like-me/article_82d3f1ca-8dca-11ed-b25c-3bbbbf4ee62f.html? #BloodQuantum #Indigenous #colonialism #genocide

Black, Brown, Red, White & everything in between. Natives come in all colors.

Being Native is primarily a political status not a racial status. People are citizens or descendants of Native Nations.

#Race & #BloodQuantum are not real things, they are made up by white people to diminish others and elevate #WhiteSupremacy.

#Freedmen #Native #Indigenous #NDN #NativeMastodon #IndigenousMastodon

Reminder: #BloodQuantum is a colonial construct, invented by white people. It is not real, just like race is made up by white people and not real.

There are only 2 valid measurements of #Indigeneity. You are either 100% Native or 0% #Native.

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Trying to #police folks who are genuinely trying to reconnect with their lost ancestry due to genocide & oppression is colonial ASF. Please understand that #BloodQuantum is a messed up #colonial construct. Please don't do the splitting work that colonial govts want you to use. Please call IN your own sellouts & expose them, if they refuse to respect your community & take colonial $$ to f**k your community over. Don't say sorry for that!