#pretendians — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #pretendians, aggregated by home.social.
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Blood Sport was written before revelations broke about singer/songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie and her alleged fraudulent claims of Indigenous identity made over decades.
But the news makes the play’s performance at the Weesageechak Begins to Dance timely, says playwright January Rogers, given the current anger and betrayal being voiced about pretend Indians, especially such a high profile one.
#Indigenous #theatre #Indigeneity #fraud #pretendians #Toronto #festival
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The Tyee: Unmaking an Icon Named Buffy Sainte-Marie https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/10/31/Unmaking-Icon-Buffy-Sainte-Marie/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #NationalAboriginalAchievementAwards #CoincidenceandLikelyStoriesalbum #WhoIstheRealBuffySainte-Marie #YouGottoRun(SpiritoftheWind) #BuryMyHeartatWoundedKnee #MaryEllenTurpel-Lafond #UniversalSoldiersong #BuffySainte-Marie #AlanSainte-Marie #MakinganIconCBC #FifthEstateCBC #SesameStreet #pretendians #JunoAwards #TanyaTagaq #CBCNews #PBS
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Here, also, is the a link to the text of the Pretendians speech I gave in the Senate this week, if you'd rather read than watch. https://sencanada.ca/en/senators/simons-paula/interventions/610725/45#hID #Pretendians #SenateofCanada #abpoli #Alberta #ableg #FirstNations #Canada #abheritage #cdnpoli
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#CurveLake #FirstNation #author #DrewHaydenTaylor has been #nominated for three 2023 #Canadian #ScreenAwards - to be presented April 16 during a broadcast from #MeridianHall in #Toronto .
“I’ve got three nominations. Two for a one-hour #documentary we did for #CBC called ‘The #Pretendians ,’ where it #explored the #concept of #WhitePeople who, for one reason or another, are #claiming to be #Indigenous ” he said. -
#NippiAlbright said the #IndigenousWomensCollective took a stand to start #CallingOut those who #falsify #Indigenous #identity . The #Indigenous #Womens #Collective are a group of Indigenous women who aim to #protect & #voice the #rights & #injustices of #IndigenousWomen .
In a tweet, the Indigenous Women’s Collective stated they #assert that Indigenous #IdentityTheft is an act of #colonial violence.
https://globalnews.ca/news/9548230/push-saskatchewan-employers-verify-indigenous-claims/amp/