For more than 30 years, the Juaneño Band of Mission Indians has been fighting to gain federal recognition. With a new leader, that goal may be within reach.
of the amount of Native American blood in a person. It’s a controversial system some claim is a way for the federal government to rid itself of its responsibilities to the Native American community, as more people have children with people of other races.
Some tribes adopted the system, but others use different methods to determine tribal enrollment. Lucero said her tribe is moving toward using lineal descent, which requires that members link to a historic village and ancestor genealogically. Thus, members have to comb through historic records such as birth certificates, death records or marriage certificates.Lucero’s experience as a researcher primes her for leading the effort.
Lucero served in 2013 as a member-at-large on the tribal council and later as a cultural resource director for the tribe. This is her first time as chairwoman.As a cultural resource director she monitored construction sites for artifacts or human remains that could be important to the tribe. The 405 Freeway widening project“We just make sure that if something is discovered, we stop the project in order to make sure we take care of our ancestors,” she said.
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