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六、Little River 印弟安人（註冊族人：7,975 人）

位於密西根(State of Michigan)馬尼斯蒂(Manistee)的 Little River 印弟安人，也是美國印弟安部落

中人口數非常少的部落，根據部落憲法，其部落成員必須要滿以下要件：第一、擁有四分之一以上之印
弟安血緣，且必須具備八分之一以上 Grand River Ottawa 或者是 Michigan Ottawa 族之血緣者；第二、
為西元一九零八年 Durant Roll（人口調查名冊）上族人，或是西元一八七零年 Annuity Payrolls（名
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冊）上族人之後裔；第三、不具有其他部落成員身分。 另外，符合上述要件的小孩，倘若被其他族人
（或是其他國家的人）所收養，並不影響其身分。

肆、結 語

每一個政治群體，都有自己所要追求的目的與所欲維持的價值，為了確認該政治群體所高舉的價值

能夠被實踐，該群體就必須界定，什麼樣的人可以成為其一份子，而什麼樣的人必須要離開該群體。原
住民族群也是一樣。為了部落（生存與發展）的目的，部落自己就會界定誰是部落成員，有權參與和分
享部落事務與資源。這樣的價值秩序一直被世界上其他的社會所接受。
然而，有趣的是，台灣關於誰是原住民部落族人之問題，卻是依照中華民國（他族）的法律（《原

住民身分法》）、依據他族的價值體系去認定，因此，就會發生本文前言中所述，一個具有百分之百太
魯閣血緣、講了一口道地太魯閣族語、信仰太魯閣族文化的人，依法卻不具備太魯閣族的身分此一結

(a) All persons duly enrolled on the 1970 tribal census roll dated August 31, 1971, approved by the
Albuquerque Area Director on February 1, 1972. (b) All children of enrolled members born subsequent to
July 14, 1965, and prior to the effective date of this revision, such children possess at least one-fourth
(1/4) degree of Southern Ute Indian blood; and have been enrolled as a member of any other tribe. (c) All
children of enrolled members born subsequent to the effective date of this revision, if such children shall
be one-fourth (1/4) or more degree of Southern Ute Indian blood and PROVIDED that such person shall
not be included on the membership roll of any other Indian tribe and is approved for adoption by the tribal
council...”參見 http://thorpe.ou.edu/constitution/utecons.html，最後瀏覽日期：2017 年 10 月 24 日。
35 Constitution of the Little River Band of Indians of Manistee, Michigan, Article II-membership, “Section
1 - Eligibility for Membership. An individual is eligible for membership in the Tribe, if he/she possesses
at least one-fourth (1/4) degree Indian blood, of which at least one-eighth (1/8) degree must be Grand
River Ottawa or Michigan Ottawa blood and: (a) Is a lineal descendant of a member of the historic Grand
River Bands who resided in Manistee, Mason, Wexford or Lake Counties in the State of Michigan, who
were listed on the schedule of Grand River Ottawa in the Durant Roll of 1908 as approved by the
Secretary of the Interior on February 18, 1910; or, (b) Is a lineal descendant of individuals listed on the
1870 Annuity Payrolls of Chippewas and Ottawas of Michigan listed under the following Ottawa Chiefs:
Kewacushkum, Pay-quo-tush, Me-tay-wis, Shaw-be-quo-ung, Penayse, Kaw-gay-gaw-bowe, Maw-gaw-ne-
quong, Ching-gawa-she, Aken Bell; and, (c) Is not currently enrolled in any other federally re cognized
Indian Tribe, band, or group…”參見 http://thorpe.ou.edu/constitution/ottawa2.html，最後瀏覽日期：2017
年 10 月 24 日。

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