Atlantic: “Genetic Testing and Tribal Identity”

This story was filed on January 27, 2015

Here. An excerpt: But figuring out where your ancestors came from becomes complicated when it entails a legacy of exclusion of displacement. Tribes each have important cultural histories, that include their origin stories. Many of their histories say that the … Continue reading →read more

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