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Exploring Theme: "Indigenous Identity"
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April 24, 2024
Abenaki in Quebec take identity fraud concerns to the United Nations
Odanak, Wôlinak leadership and youth oppose groups recognized in Vermont CBC Indigenous: A digital billboard lit up New York City’s Times Square last week with a message from two Abenaki communities in Quebec: that they are the “sole guardians of Abenaki identity.” A delegation of the Abenaki Council of Odanak, Wôlinak and the Assembly of First...
April 21, 2024
I may have to stop writing plays with Native characters
Special to The Globe and Mail: Opinion – Drew Hayden Taylor – In today’s educational system, Indigenous theatre and literature are frequently part of the curriculum. The stories of the Indigenous people of Canada are being studied by students from the dominant culture, and by students from other cultures from around the world. This is...
April 11, 2024
Identity summit brings leaders together to discuss rampant Indigenous identity theft
NationTalk: Toronto, ON – The Manitoba Métis Federation (MMF), the National Government of the Red River Métis, and the Chiefs of Ontario (COO), are pleased to announce an Identity Summit aimed at tackling rampant identity theft faced by many Indigenous Nations in Canada today. Co-hosted by both MMF and COO, the summit will take place...
November 30, 2023
Buffy Sainte-Marie’s claims of Cree ancestry and birth on Sask. First Nation removed from her website
Singer says material was removed to protect those who defended her in wake of CBC investigation CBC Indigenous: The biography of Buffy Sainte-Marie on her official website no longer claims she is a Cree woman “likely” born on the Piapot First Nation in Saskatchewan. The changes were made on Buffysainte-marie.com days after CBC released its Oct. 27...
November 23, 2023
Buffy Sainte-Marie pushes back against CBC investigation contradicting claims to Indigenous ancestry
‘Being “Indian” has little do with sperm tracking and colonial record keeping,’ singer says CBC News: Buffy Sainte-Marie is pushing back on a recent CBC News investigation that questions her Indigenous heritage, maintaining she has never lied about her identity. The iconic singer, songwriter and activist says the story by CBC’s The Fifth Estate was full of mistakes and...
November 8, 2023
What’s the Point of “Pretendian” Investigations?
The latest revelation, about Buffy Sainte-Marie, is convincing, damning, and strikingly incomplete A 2015 photo of Buffy Sainte-Marie performing at the Interstellar Rodeo in Edmonton, AB.(Levi Manchak / Flickr) The Tyee: The Walrus – ON OCTOBER 27, the CBC’s investigative documentary program, The Fifth Estate, released an episode probing the background of singer, activist, and Canadian icon Buffy Sainte-Marie....
October 28, 2023
Acting Piapot chief, other Sask. Indigenous people react to CBC investigation into Buffy Sainte-Marie
Acting chief of Piapot First Nation says his community will not turn their back on Sainte-Marie Alexander Quon · CBC News · Posted: Oct 27, 2023 9:11 PM EDT | Last Updated: October 28 CBC News: Posted: Oct 27, 2023, Last Updated: October 28 – The acting chief of Piapot First Nation says his community will not turn its...
October 27, 2023
Who is the real Buffy Sainte-Marie?
Buffy Sainte-Marie’s claims to Indigenous ancestry are being contradicted by members of the iconic singer-songwriter’s own family and an extensive CBC investigation. CBC News: When Buffy Sainte-Marie strolled onto Sesame Street in 1975, she was making history. The Dec. 9 episode was the launch of the program’s efforts to present Indigenous culture to millions of viewers. Sainte-Marie opened...
October 27, 2023
First Nations professors say Sainte-Marie story raises valid questions about artist’s Indigeneity
APTN News: Two First Nations academics say they believe a new documentary that questions iconic artist Buffy Sainte-Marie’s Indigeneity raises some serious issues that need to be explored. “Was she Indigenous at birth,” Toronto Metropolitan University professor Pam Palmater asked. “Yes or no? What does the evidence say? If she wasn’t, was she adopted as...
October 26, 2023
Buffy Sainte-Marie speaks out regarding questions of Cree ancestry
Buffy Sainte-Marie has issued a video and written statement ahead of a documentary that is expected to question her Cree ancestry. APTN News: World-renowned singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie is releasing information about her past ahead of a scheduled CBC documentary that is expected to question her Cree ancestry. Sainte-Marie’s publicist reached out to APTN News offering...
July 31, 2023
Environment Minister Kevin Klein’s claim to be Métis denounced by brother, Manitoba Métis Federation
Premier Heather Stefanson said Klein is 1 of 2 Indigenous members of her caucus NationTalk: The Manitoba government’s website continues to identify Environment Minister Kevin Klein as Métis, even though the president of the Manitoba Métis Federation, a prominent Métis lawyer and Klein’s own brother all dispute the claim. “The basis for stating Mr. Klein...
July 11, 2023
Controversial twins asked to pay back Indspire for bursaries
A national charity is seeking to recoup thousands from two Toronto twins APTN News: A national Indigenous charity that provided funding to two Toronto twins claiming to be Inuit for their university education says it wants its money back. Amira and Nadya Gill received funding from Indspire’s Building Brighter Futures program to support their education...
March 3, 2023
University of Saskatchewan launches website aimed at rooting out Indigenous identity fraud
Indigenous communities will determine what constitutes proof of Indigenous identity CBC News: The University of Saskatchewan has launched a website it hopes will help ensure that only genuine Indigenous people will benefit from jobs and funding set aside for them. The site is a portal, enabling First Nations, Métis, Inuit and international Indigenous peoples applying for Indigenous-specific...
February 27, 2023
Métis Nation of Ontario’s future at stake as members vote on fate of thousands
Nearly 1 in 4 members had no evidence of ties to Métis ancestor in 2021 report CBC News: The fate of thousands of Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) members with no documented link to a Métis ancestor hangs in the balance as the organization votes this week in a province-wide plebiscite. The vote comes following years...
February 16, 2023
Senator says more awareness needed of ‘invisible crime’ of Indigenous identity theft
The Globe and Mail (Canadian Press) – Sen. Mary Jane McCallum says Indigenous identity fraud is a damaging but often unseen crime that inflicts serious harm on Indigenous women. The Cree woman from Manitoba is calling for a Senate committee to study the phenomenon and the damage it causes. “People don’t really look at identity...
January 3, 2023
Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond no longer employed by UBC
University won’t say why she is gone CBC News: High-profile professor and former judge Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond is no longer employed at the University of British Columbia (UBC), according to an official with the institution. The university says that as of Dec.16, Turpel-Lafond is no longer a professor in the Peter A. Allard School of Law. When...
December 14, 2022
Rescind Turpel-Lafond’s honorary degrees or we’ll return ours, say high-profile Indigenous women
Academic integrity expert says Turpel-Lafond story is a ‘watershed moment for Canadian higher education’ CBC Investigates: Michelle Good chokes up a little when she talks about the honorary doctorate she received from Simon Fraser University (SFU) in October. The retired Cree lawyer and author of the bestselling book Five Little Indians received the honour for her advocacy...
November 3, 2022
Report offers guidance for post-secondary efforts on Indigenous citizenship/membership verification
Saskatchewan (USask) is sharing a new independent report that will contribute to the national conversation and inform the university’s continued implementation of policies and practices around this issue. NationTalk: USask commissioned Jean Teillet, a leading Canadian expert on Indigenous rights, Métis identity, and history, to look into the root causes of the problem, advise on the...
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