{"id":64041,"date":"2022-10-31T21:09:25","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T21:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=64041"},"modified":"2022-10-31T21:09:26","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T21:09:26","slug":"doubts-over-indigenous-identity-in-academia-spark-pretendian-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=64041","title":{"rendered":"Doubts Over Indigenous Identity in Academia Spark \u2018Pretendian\u2019 Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"

Doubts Over Indigenous Identity in Academia Spark \u2018Pretendian\u2019 Claims<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The New York Times<\/a>
\n2022-10-15<\/p>\n

Vjosa Isai<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Indigenous chiefs in traditional regalia during a powwow in July, where Pope Francis<\/a> apologized for the Catholic Church\u2019s role in abuse in the residential school system<\/a>. Ian Willms for The New York Times<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Some Canadian universities now require additional proof to back up Indigenous heritage, replacing self-declaration policies.<\/em><\/p>\n

Since announcing discoveries of evidence last year that hundreds of Indigenous children were likely buried in unmarked graves<\/a> at church-run residential school sites, Indigenous groups in Canada<\/a> have captured more national attention.<\/p>\n

So, too, has a growing group of Canadian public figures, mostly within academia, who have been accused of falsely claiming to be Indigenous.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, an investigation published by Canada\u2019s national broadcaster, the C.B.C., found that the claims to Cree<\/a> ancestry of a prominent scholar and former judge, Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond<\/a>, did not align with historical records and interviews…<\/p>\n

Read the entire article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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