“ We should also point out that tribal life would suffer violence if the Indian husband and his children are permitted free passage, but the nonblood wife must be excluded although in all other respects the nonblood wife is fully assimilated into the *313 tribe and, in fact, has lost thereby certain privileges of Canadian citizenship by her marriage to an Indian. ”

“ Some months later, on March 26, 1929, the Board of Review in an opinion advised that Indians born in the United States who had naturalized in Canada come within the act of 1928 and General Order 109 because the term "Indian" is ethnological rather than political. ”

“ The Solicitor points out that enfranchisement results in the acquisition of Canadian citizenship and the relinquishment of Indian status. The act of 1928 contemplated that its application should be limited to Indians who remained identified with the tribe or nation and was not designed to confer upon Indians rights additional to those gained under the Jay Treaty and the Treaty of Ghent. ”

“ The opinion of the Adjudications Branch in the cases herein adequately discusses the historical background of the act of 1928 but reaches the conclusion that Indians by blood were the only ones intended to benefit. ”

“ That the appellants are aliens, natives of Canada;
(2) That the appellants seek admission for indefinite residence without immigration documents;
(3) That the appellants are white wives of American Indians born in Canada;
(4) That the appellants are members of Indian bands. ”