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  1. What are pretendians and descendians? Laakkuluk Williamson writes for The Walrus about people who falsely claim Indigenous heritage, and how this contrasts with the lived experiences of Indigenous people.

    flip.it/FyItVs

    #Culture #Canada #Pretendians #Indigenous

  2. What are pretendians and descendians? Laakkuluk Williamson writes for The Walrus about people who falsely claim Indigenous heritage, and how this contrasts with the lived experiences of Indigenous people.

    flip.it/FyItVs

    #Culture #Canada #Pretendians #Indigenous

  3. #Pretendians getting away with pretending to be Indigenous & getting their 'fans' to bully anyone who questions fake ass, not Indigenous people who were grifting the public.

  4. #Pretendians getting away with pretending to be Indigenous & getting their 'fans' to bully anyone who questions fake ass, not Indigenous people who were grifting the public.

  5. Bravo #canadaland #pretendians podcast canadaland.com/shows/pretendia - excellent podcast, hope to hear another season .. also, love how they used #genai songs for episode bumpers

  6. Bravo #canadaland #pretendians podcast canadaland.com/shows/pretendia - excellent podcast, hope to hear another season .. also, love how they used #genai songs for episode bumpers

  7. 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.

    windspeaker.com/news/windspeak

    #Indigenous #theatre #Indigeneity #fraud #pretendians #Toronto #festival

  8. 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.

    windspeaker.com/news/windspeak

    #Indigenous #theatre #Indigeneity #fraud #pretendians #Toronto #festival

  9. My comments (both text and video) for the First Nations University of Canada 2nd National Indigenous Citizenship Forum: "Indigenous Citizenship in the Academy, 1 Year Later." A talk live streamed on 3/21/23. #Pretendians #RaceShifting kimtallbear.substack.com/p/kim

  10. My comments (both text and video) for the First Nations University of Canada 2nd National Indigenous Citizenship Forum: "Indigenous Citizenship in the Academy, 1 Year Later." A talk live streamed on 3/21/23. #Pretendians #RaceShifting kimtallbear.substack.com/p/kim

  11. @Sollenbum
    I loved Babel by R.F. Kuang but was pretty disappointed with this one. The main character is NOT Chinese, as you'll soon find. In Canada and the US, there are plenty of #Pretendians who claim Indigenous ancestry they don't have. Similar but different.

    I've read a LOT of writers from the Chinese diasporas, many of them second-generation. Most are probably on my #goodreads page. Amy Tan is a good starting point.

  12. @Sollenbum
    I loved Babel by R.F. Kuang but was pretty disappointed with this one. The main character is NOT Chinese, as you'll soon find. In Canada and the US, there are plenty of #Pretendians who claim Indigenous ancestry they don't have. Similar but different.

    I've read a LOT of writers from the Chinese diasporas, many of them second-generation. Most are probably on my #goodreads page. Amy Tan is a good starting point.

  13. It is due to these cases of false #Abenaki claims in VT that i was invited to give a talk at UVM in April on the grave risks of self indigenization to actual tribes/Native nations. This article is a must-read. It's open source. #Pretendians #RaceShifting escholarship.org/uc/item/5gr0t

  14. It is due to these cases of false #Abenaki claims in VT that i was invited to give a talk at UVM in April on the grave risks of self indigenization to actual tribes/Native nations. This article is a must-read. It's open source. #Pretendians #RaceShifting escholarship.org/uc/item/5gr0t

  15. Text of my talk, "Self-indigenization, Genocide, and Native Resistance," and YouTube video from University of Vermont, April 28, 2023 #RaceShifting #Pretendians
    youtu.be/7tYHqJhvg8c

  16. Text of my talk, "Self-indigenization, Genocide, and Native Resistance," and YouTube video from University of Vermont, April 28, 2023 #RaceShifting #Pretendians
    youtu.be/7tYHqJhvg8c

  17. What should we do about "Pretendians" - academics, politicians, authors, film-makers, etc., who claim Indigenous heritage, on false or willfully deluded, grounds? The Senate is debating this complicated issue, and I spoke to the issue this week, starting with the intriguing complexities of Alberta senator James Gladstone, the first "Status Indian" to serve in the Senate of Canada. youtu.be/qmnwBOWk-fM #SenateofCanada #abpoli #FNMI #Pretendians #SenCa #indigenous #ableg #GreyOwl

  18. What should we do about "Pretendians" - academics, politicians, authors, film-makers, etc., who claim Indigenous heritage, on false or willfully deluded, grounds? The Senate is debating this complicated issue, and I spoke to the issue this week, starting with the intriguing complexities of Alberta senator James Gladstone, the first "Status Indian" to serve in the Senate of Canada. youtu.be/qmnwBOWk-fM #SenateofCanada #abpoli #FNMI #Pretendians #SenCa #indigenous #ableg #GreyOwl

  19. Looking straight at #Indiginews & their #PoorEthics team. They've promoted #Pretendians a lot & refuse to correct errors. They're no better than white folks who use natives to get more followers. Fucked up native media outlet.

    #NativeMastodon #SelloutsSuck #Disinformation #Unethical

  20. ARCTIC #PRETENDIANS?

    If you want to vote in elections to the #Indigenous parliaments of the #Sámi you have to confirm (a) your Sámi identity and (b) Sámi heritage.

    Norwegian and Sámi media are currently investigating how people that don't fulfill the (a) and/or (b) criteria take advantage of the trust-based registration system to get voting rights.

    When in, they are shown to support fx closing down the Sámi Parliament or mining ventures that threaten Sámi livelihoods.