PROFESSOR ANDREA MARTIN PUBLISHES NEW ARTICLE IN BOSTON UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW ONLINE
April 2025 — Professor Andrea Martin’s article, “Rejecting the Racialization of Indianness,” has been published in Boston University Law Review Online. Building on Carla Pratt’s law review article, “Indianness as Property” (Boston University Law Review, Vol. 105, Issue 1), Professor Martin highlights the problematic reliance on blood quantum — a practice that excludes many American Indians deemed not “Indian enough” and contributes to the decline of tribal populations.
Martin argues that shifting away from race-based tribal citizenship, including blood quantum and lineal descent from “Blood Rolls,” in favor of criteria centered on tribal connections, would foster inclusivity — benefiting both Freedmen descendants and the family members of current citizens who do not meet blood quantum thresholds. More broadly, she contends that such a shift would strengthen tribal sovereignty, uphold tribal cultures and traditions, and help preserve the future of Indian tribes.
Professor Andrea J. Martin researches the intersection of law and antisemitism within broad legal, historical, and political contexts and explores its connection to other forms of group-based hate. Her scholarship focuses on constitutional issues and the intersection of the law with historical and contemporary antisemitism and racism. Her scholarly work is dedicated to proposing legal strategies and policies to combat these issues.