The Border Crossed Us: Border Crossing Issues of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas

@article{LunaFirebaugh2002TheBC,  title={The Border Crossed Us: Border Crossing Issues of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas},  author={Eileen M. Luna-Firebaugh},  journal={Wicazo Sa Review},  year={2002},  volume={17},  pages={159 - 181},  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:159542623}}
or many years, the Tohono O'odham Nation in Arizona has transported tribal members from Mexico to the United States through traditional border crossings for medical treatment. The nation is the only one in the United States that grants full enrollment to its people who are citizens of Mexico. Thus, Mexican citizens who are enrolled members are legally entitled to access health and other services provided by the tribe to all its members. Since the recent militarization of the U.S.-Mexico border… 

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