Indigenous self-ID/"Pretendians" (merged thread)

[Colin Parkinson]

Being indigenous isn’t even always a blood thing either. I know people adopted by a native who then gained status despite ethnically not having that background. Legally they are a 6(2) Indian though.

Keep in mind most Reserves want to keep it pretty restrictive to be status. Having it too ‘diluted’ means that you will have people not closely tied to the band with a say and we can’t have that.

Yea when there is money involved and a pecking order based on bloodlines it can get nasty.

 

[Brad Sallows]

If pretty much everyone in North America is already at least 1/1024 Cherokee, what is the threshold?

 

[dimsum]

If pretty much everyone in North America is already at least 1/1024 Cherokee, what is the threshold?

Well, since a big talking point is that we have either too many or too few immigrants, I would suggest that not everyone in North America is any part Indigenous…

 

[daftandbarmy]

Move along, nothing to see here....

https://twitter.com/x/status/1854558265478172951

 

[YZT580]

Move along, nothing to see here....

https://twitter.com/x/status/1854558265478172951

whoops, I misspoke but I won't do it again

 

[OldSolduer]

whoops, I misspoke but I won't do it again

A wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious.

And I’m not speaking of Mos Eisley

 

[daftandbarmy]

A wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious.

And I’m not speaking of Mos Eisley

"Politicians and diapers should be changed often and for the same reasons."

- Mark Twain

 

[daftandbarmy]

Buh bye, Buffy

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/human-rights-museum-buffy-sainte-marie-1.7469579

 

[daftandbarmy]

The truth will out...

Author of Inconvenient Indian discovers he has no indigenous roots​

An award-winning Canadian-American author whose career was tied to his apparent indigenous ancestry has recently learned that he has no Cherokee roots.

Thomas King revealed the findings on Monday in an opinion piece published in the Globe and Mail newspaper.

The announcement follows a mid-November meeting with King and members of the Tribal Alliance Against Frauds, a US-based group dedicated to exposing people who falsely claim American Indian heritage.

The 82-year-old said he accepts the findings of a genealogist with the organisation but writes in the essay: "I feel as though I've been ripped in half."

Author of Inconvenient Indian discovers he has no indigenous roots

Thomas King, whose works centered around indigenous stories, said he feels as though he's "been ripped in half" after learning he is not part Cherokee.

www.bbc.com