Article: "Native American DNA Tests": What are the Risks to Tribes? Study cites further undermining of tribal sovereignty

Article: Trace Genetics Solves Native American Family ...
PR Newswire;  January 27, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... lineage. She always suspected Native American ancestry because of the way ... largest, most comprehensive Native American DNA database in the world was able ... intentionally denied and concealed their Native American ancestry in an attempt to avoid ...

Transcript: Letters: 'American,' DNA, 'Sound Reporting'
NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday;  July 27, 2008 ;     536 words ...ROBERT SMITH NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday 07-27-2008 Letters: 'American,' DNA, 'Sound Reporting' Host: ROBERT SMITH Time 12:00-1:00 PM Play Audio ROBERT SMITH, host: You're listening to Weekend ...

Article: Cracking the genomics code: genetic research isn't just for ...
Black Enterprise;  November 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Dunston, founding director of the National Human Genome Center at Howard University; Bruce Jackson, founder of the African-American DNA Roots Project; and Charles Crutchfield, a clinical dermatologist who used genetic research to develop a treatment for psoriasis ...

Article: Can DNA determine who is American Indian?
Indian Country Today (Lakota Times);  December 3, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... promises to help individuals establish their "identity as a Native American" by testing for Native American DNA. But what is "Native American DNA" and is it relevant to tribal enrollment?" A paper by the Nevada-based Indigenous Peoples ...

Article: The African American DNA roots project. (South ...
Bulletin of the South Carolina Academy of Science;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...This project was designed to determine if particular sequences of DNA could link African Americans to specific ethnic groups in West Africa. The hypothesis is that although various types of African DNAs may be found throughout Africa, DNAs distinct to a single ethnic group or set of related ethnic

Article: Native American Languages Preservation Act ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 24, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... R-N.M., has introduced the Native American Languages Preservation Act of 2006 ... legislation that would "amend the Native American Languages Act to provide for the support of Native American language survival schools." The ...

Article: Native American Antiquities and Linguistics.
College Literature;  June 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Native American Studies has yet to receive the attention ... The work done in postmodernist Native American criticism focuses almost exclusively ... Americas. Many would argue that Native American culture is at the root of American ...