Tag: APTN

  • The Boyden affair just got murkier: Salutin The Toronto Star 2017-01-13 Rick Salutin Celebrated author agrees to select interviews, insists he never embellished or lied about his heritage, but also offered platitudes versus confronting precise criticisms I found Joseph Boyden’s interview Wednesday on CBC — in a word rarely called for — unctuous. He surfaced…

  • Full interview: Joseph Boyden on his heritage CBC Radio 2017-01-11 Jesse Kinos-Goodin Author Joseph Boyden addresses the recent controversy surrounding his Indigenous ancestral claims. (Penguin) “A small part of me is Indigenous, but it’s a big part of who I am.” Is Joseph Boyden really Indigenous? It’s a question a lot of people have been…

  • Author Joseph Boyden defends indigenous heritage after investigation The Toronto Star 2016-12-26 Nicole Thompson The Canadian Press Author responds after investigation by Aboriginal Peoples Television Network into his background. A celebrated Canadian author who writes about First Nations heritage and culture is defending himself on Twitter after his ancestry was questioned. In a statement posted…

  • Joseph Boyden, where are you from? The Globe And Mail 2016-12-28 Hayden King, Assistant Professor School of Public Policy Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada My name is Hayden King. I am the son of Hayden (Sr.) and Carol. On my father’s side I am Anishinaabe, Ojibwe from my grandmother Eleanor and Potawatomi from my grandfather,…

  • Author Joseph Boyden’s shape-shifting Indigenous identity APTN National News Aboriginal Peoples Television Network Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 2016-12-23 Jorge Barrera Three Day Road author Joseph Boyden’s uncle went by the alias “Injun Joe” and wore a headdress while selling drums made of tin cans wrapped in birch and other “Indian” items to tourists from a shop…