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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: 30/09/2019
      ISBN13: 9780887558467, 978-0887558467
      ISBN10: 0887558461
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      Indigenous peoples / Indigeneity Social discrimination and social justice

      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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