The Indian Card: Who Gets to Be Native in America

A groundbreaking and deeply personal exploration of Tribal enrollment, and what it means to be Native American in the United States

“A genre-bending work of reportage, memoir, and history” —The New Yorker

“Candid, unflinching . . . Her thorough excavation of the painful history that gave rise to rigid enrollment policies is a courageous gift to our understanding of contemporary Native life.” —The Whiting Foundation Jury

Who is Indian enough?

To be Native American is to live in a world of cont...