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

Does DNA make an Indian?

In Red Earth, White Lies (Scribner, 1995), Vine Deloria Jr. muses about the dramatic rise in people self-identifying as Native American since the political upheavals of the 1960s. Deloria asks: "Can whites really become Indians? A good many people seriously want to know."

Deloria did not refer to "Native American DNA", but the question he poses is one that many people are hoping DNA can answer. In this age of genetic determinism, when many Americans believe that identity, kinship, and race are determined by one's genes, more and more people are turning to DNA testing to validate their claims of Native American ancestry. At least fourteen companies now sell ...

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