I think she means legislative recognition? There’s multiple forms of state recognition - we actually are in NCAI because of Federal court of claims, after proving we were the direct descendants of the Lipan from 300 plus years ago. This shit’s complex.
Yeah, my own people are halved with only the Oklahoma group federally recognized, but the Indiana group sure isn't *dead* and have enrollment. They took our last reservation and status with it, but we bought back our sacred land and persist in our traditional lands. As you said, this shit's complex.
A correction was issued on the blog post - the note is very simplified, but it’s is a good first step.
