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SEPTEMBER 27, 2000

The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is scheduled to mark up a bill today that would lower the blood quantum requirements of the Ysleta del Sur, or Tigua, Pueblo of Texas.

The tribe was formed in part by Pueblo residents in New Mexico who fled to Texas during the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. But they didn't gain federal recognition until 1987.

As part of their restoration act, the tribe has to go through Congress to change their membership requirements. Currently, the blood quantum requirement is 1/8 and the bill would lower it to 1/16.

Get the Bill:
To amend the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to decrease the requisite blood quantum required for membership in the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo tribe (H.R.1640)