Winona Guo > Quotes

“The government implemented the blood quantums. ... the 'government of the White man' would be able to take away tribal land as the tribe's population decreased. And sure enough, with generations of blood mixing, a large population became 'White as can be,' unable to meet the blood quantum. The U.S. government eventually acquired more and more of their land. That was why the Keetoowahs prided themselves on being full-blooded: it preserved their people, their culture, their language, their land.”
― Winona Guo, Tell Me Who You Are: Sharing Our Stories of Race, Culture, & Identity