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NATIVE
AMERICANS LISTED ON FEDERAL CENSUS AS "WHITE"
The United States Census Bureau
(Officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title 13 U.S.C. § 11)
http://www.archives.gov/research/order/orderonline.html
Indians Marked "White" on a U.S. Federal Census
The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in
Title 13 U.S.C. § 11)
A Brief overview of race and ethnicity in the U.S. Census history 1790-2010
also 1940-2000 [Population].
Topic: General: "Indians Recorded on Federal Census as "white"
How American Indians are identified, or not, on a U.S. Federal census. although
there are many rules over the years regarding Indians taxed and those not
taxed, Indians recorded on Federal Census as "white"
In 1870, the
rule for census enumerators was:
By the phrase 'Indians not taxed' is meant Indians living on reservations under
the care of Government agents, or roaming individually, or in bands, over
unsettled tracts of country."
"Indians not in tribal relations, whether full-bloods or half-breeds, who
are found mingled with the white population, residing in white families,
engaged as servants or laborers, or living in huts or wigwams on the outskirts
of towns or settlements are to be regarded as a part of the ordinary population
of the country for the constitutional purpose of the apportionment of
Representatives among the States, and are to be embraced in the
enumeration."
But, As an American Indian researcher, one of the most
important instructions provided by the government for the 1870 census:
"Where persons reported as 'Half-breeds' are found residing with whites,
adopting their habits of life and methods of industry, such persons are to be
treated as belonging to the white population. Where, on the other hand, they
are found in communities composed wholly, or mainly of Indians, the opposite
construction is taken."
Respectfully:
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Thanks to Chief Pergson for providing this helpful insight. Rose Diamond “All Rights Reserved” |