The Ojibwe Living Culture The Importance of Traditional Culture on the White Earth Reservation, Minnesota

Authors

Keara Moyle, Brigham Young University
Dr. John Hawkins, Brigham Young University

Keywords

Ojibwe, traditional culture, White Earth reservation, tribal membership

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

Anthropology

Abstract

Within the last two decades, the White Earth reservation of Ojibwe has seen a dramatic resurgence of interest in and performance of what they would call traditional culture. This traditional culture has played a critical role in tribal membership and concepts of identity. The White Earth reservation underwent constitutional reform from 2007 to November 2013, which included new legislation determining membership. After years of an imposed policy of blood quantum, White Earth residents are basing their membership on a system, considered by some, to closely follow the traditional ways of determining tribal membership.

Recommended Citation

Moyle, Keara and Hawkins, Dr. John (2014) "The Ojibwe Living Culture The Importance of Traditional Culture on the White Earth Reservation, Minnesota," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2014: Iss. 1, Article 150.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2014/iss1/150