Carrie Lowry Schuettpelz – The Indian Card
Prairie Lights Books 15 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City, IATo be Native American is to live in a world of contradictions. At the same time that the number of people in the US who claim Native identity has exploded—increasing 85 percent in just ten years—the number of people formally enrolled in Tribes has not. While the federal government recognizes Tribal sovereignty, being a member