{"id":3116,"date":"2025-12-14T17:29:43","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T01:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/dawes-roll-indians-are-the-only-ones-recognized-today-how-federal-policy-decides-native-identity\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T17:29:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T01:29:43","slug":"dawes-roll-indians-are-the-only-ones-recognized-today-how-federal-policy-decides-native-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/dawes-roll-indians-are-the-only-ones-recognized-today-how-federal-policy-decides-native-identity\/","title":{"rendered":"Dawes Roll Indians Are the Only Ones Recognized Today \u2014 How Federal Policy Decides Native Identity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MceWsQXYZrE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Today, enrollment on the Dawes Rolls plays a major role in determining who is officially recognized as Native American for federal benefits, tribal citizenship, and legal status. While many Indigenous people trace ancestry beyond these records, U.S. policy often treats Dawes Roll documentation as the primary standard. In this video, Lisa Cabrera breaks down what the Dawes Rolls were, why they still matter today, who gets excluded, and how blood quantum, enrollment rules, and federal recognition continue to shape Native identity in America. Is identity determined by lineage, paperwork, or government policy?<\/p>\n<p>#DawesRolls #NativeAmericanHistory #TribalEnrollment #FederalRecognition #IndigenousIdentity #BloodQuantum #USHistory #NativeSovereignty #LisaCabrera #CurrentEvents<\/p>\n<p>Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https:\/\/streamyard.com\/pal\/d\/5759717953503232<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, enrollment on the Dawes Rolls plays a major role in determining who is officially recognized as Native<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lisa-cabrera"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/hqdefault-221.jpg?fit=480%2C360&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}