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When discovering your heritage creates questions about authentic belonging

I'm adopted and just found out I'm Native American but I don't know if I have the right to claim that identity when I wasn't raised in the culture.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Identity disconnected from lived experience raises complex questions about what gives someone the right to claim cultural belonging.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Living justly in an unjust world?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.