Tag: Duane Champagne

  • The Challenge of Mixed-Blood Nations Indian Country Today Media Network 2015-04-25 Duane Champagne, Professor of Sociology and American Indian Studies; Professor of Law University of California, Los Angeles Countries with indigenous nations usually also have mixed-blood nations composed of people of indigenous descent and other nations or races. In an increasingly shrinking world where ethnicity…

  • Indigenous Nationalities and the Mestizo Dilemma Indian Country Today Media Network 2012-07-24 Duane Champagne, Professor of Sociology University of California, Los Angeles Mestizo. Métis. Mixed bloods. Though clearly different, all these terms are used to racially classify people with Indian ancestry. However, the definitions vary—and none is wholly satisfactory.   Part of the problem is…