Indians of North America Mixed descent (Topical Term)
- Earlier heading: Indians of North America Mixed bloods
- Earlier heading: Guineas (Mixed bloods, United States)
- Broader heading: Racially mixed people North America
Work cat.: Gow, P. Of Mixed blood ... 1991.
Phone call to Smithsonian Library, 3/6/91 (Mixed descent would be preferred to mixed bloods or miscegenation)
Phone call to Bureau of Indian Affairs, 3/6/91 (Although mixed bloods is sometimes used, it would be preferable to have a change which reflects a more positive attitude, such as mixed descent. Also felt that miscegenation should not be used)
Ethnologue; Hodge handbk. No. Am. Ind.; Swanton Ind. tribes; Voegelin lang.