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Examines a twenty-first century social phenomenon in which white, French descendant settlers in Canada shift into a self-defined 'Indigenous' identity, bringing to light to how these claims are then used politically to oppose actual, living Indigenous peoples.

Table of Contents
  • Introduction: Self-Indigigenization in the Twenty-First Century
  • Chapter 1 Lineal Descent in an Age of Reconciliation
  • Chapter 2 Aspirational Descent: Creating an Indigenous Woman Ancestor
  • Chapter 3 Lateral Descent: Reconstructing Indigeneity in the Past
  • Chapter 4 After Powley: Anti- Indigenous Activism and Becoming Métis in Two Regions of Quebec
  • Chapter 5 The Largest Self-Identified Métis Organization in Canada: The Métis Nation of the Rising Sun
  • Conclusion

    Distorted Descent White Claims to Indigenous

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        Publisher: University of Manitoba Press
        Publication Date: Publication Date: 30/09/2019
        ISBN13: 9780887558467, 978-0887558467
        ISBN10: 0887558461
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        Description

        Book Synopsis
        Examines a twenty-first century social phenomenon in which white, French descendant settlers in Canada shift into a self-defined 'Indigenous' identity, bringing to light to how these claims are then used politically to oppose actual, living Indigenous peoples.

        Table of Contents
        • Introduction: Self-Indigigenization in the Twenty-First Century
        • Chapter 1 Lineal Descent in an Age of Reconciliation
        • Chapter 2 Aspirational Descent: Creating an Indigenous Woman Ancestor
        • Chapter 3 Lateral Descent: Reconstructing Indigeneity in the Past
        • Chapter 4 After Powley: Anti- Indigenous Activism and Becoming Métis in Two Regions of Quebec
        • Chapter 5 The Largest Self-Identified Métis Organization in Canada: The Métis Nation of the Rising Sun
        • Conclusion

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