What are ‘pretendians’ and how are they causing ‘severe harm’ to Indigenous communities? – Global News
March 9, 2023
If you’ve been online over the past few months you may have noticed a word more and more people are using: “pretendian.”
Not only in Canadian conversations, but south of the border too — with the death of Sacheen Littlefeather last fall — the discussion of who can and can’t claim Indigenous identity is becoming mainstream. But what does it mean when someone is accused of being a pretendian?
“It’s a tale as old as time,” said Veldon Coburn, an assistant professor at the University of Ottawa and an Algonquin from Pikwakanagan First Nation.
“There’s always going to be someone opportunistic and unscrupulous that will try to pull the wool over the eyes of everyone.”
Read More: https://globalnews.ca/news/9450313/pretendians-canada-indigenous-ancestry/
