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其部落成員，依據該族憲法，包括：①所有出現在 1971 年 8 月 31 日部落人口調

查名冊的人；②1965 年 7 月 14 日至 1975 年 10 月 1 日（憲法生效日）間出生之
部落子女（其父或母的名字有出現在前項名冊中），具有 1/4 以上 Southern Ute
血緣，且其曾經註冊為其他部落成員者；③1975 年 10 月 1 日（憲法生效日）後
出生之部落子女，具有 1/4 以上 Southern Ute 血緣，且未註冊為其他部落成員者。
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以及
三、 Little River 印弟安人（註冊族人：7,975）
位於密西根 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：①擁有 1/4 以
上印弟安血緣且必須具備 1/8 以上 Grand River Ottawa or Michigan Ottawa 血緣者；
②為 1908 年 Durant Roll（人口調查名冊）上族人或是 1870 年 Annuity Payrolls
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（名冊）上族人之後裔；③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，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

34 Constitution of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Indian Reservation, Colorado,
Article II-membership, “Section 1. The membership of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe shall consist of
the following: (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
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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 recognized Indian Tribe, band, or group…”參見
http://thorpe.ou.edu/constitution/ottawa2.html

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