The Invention & Imposition of Blood Quantum

Name: The Invention & Imposition of Blood Quantum
Start: 2024-11-21T12:30:00-06:00
End: 2024-11-21T13:30:00-06:00
Location: 1800 College Dr, Rice Lake, WI, United States, Wisconsin 54868

Schedule

Thu Nov 21 2024 at 12:30 pm to 01:30 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

1800 College Dr, Rice Lake, WI, United States, Wisconsin 54868 | Rice Lake, WI

On November 21st, Thursdays at the U will feature Dr. Jill Doerfler, speaking on the topic of “Calculated Identities: The Invention and Imposition of Blood Quantum.” Growing up on the White Earth reservation, Doerfler was all too familiar with the divisions caused by using blood quantum as the sole requirement for tribal citizenship. Vast numbers of Anishinaabeg were being excluded under the blood quantum requirement; families were literally divided with some possessing the blood quantum required for citizenship and others lacking it. This concern led to her researching this topic for her dissertation in American Indian Studies.
Doerfler joined the Department of American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota-Duluth in the fall of 2008, was tenured in 2013, and became Department Head in 2014. Her B.A. was in History from the University of Minnesota-Morris and her Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Minnesota. Her primary area of scholarly interest is American Indian, specifically Anishinaabe, identity with a political focus on citizenship.
This and other talks in the lecture series are all on Thursdays, 12:30-1:30, in the Blue Hills Lecture Hall (Ritzinger 234) on the UWEC-Barron County campus, located at 1800 College Drive in Rice Lake. Thanks to financial support from the campus foundation, these presentations are free and open to the public. Neither seating reservations nor parking permits are required for attendees. Dr. Doerfler will present via zoom but in-person attendees will be able to ask questions. Most talks are livestreamed at www.ricelaketv.com; most are also archived for later viewing at www.uwec.ly/Thursdays. For more information, call the campus at 715-788-6244 or email [email protected]. The topic of the December 5th session will be ““Portraits of Love on the Land: Telling the Stories of Wisconsin Women in Conservation.”