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Native America Calling: Tribes ponder blood quantum alternative
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Tribes ponder blood quantum alternative
Leaders of the Crow Tribe in Montana are working toward revamping tribal citizenship requirements. If the proposal goes through, every currently enrolled tribal citizen would be designated as having 100% Crow blood.
The St. Croix Chippewa Indians in Wisconsin got rid of their blood quantum requirement. The tribe is now seeing their first tribal enrollment gains in years.
The Crow and the St. Croix Chippewa are among the tribes looking down the road and mapping a future away from the Indian blood requirement.
Guests on Native America Calling
Levi Black Eagle (Apsáalooke), Secretary of the Crow Tribe in Montana
Conrad St. John (St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin), chairman of St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin
Jill Doerfler (White Earth Anishinaabe), professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota-Duluth
Cheyenne Robinson (Omaha), Treasurer for the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska
Jonaye Doney (Aaniih), student at the University of Montana
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