Distorted descent : white claims to Indigenous identity /
"Distorted Descent examines a social phenomenon that has taken off in the twenty-first century: otherwise white, French descendant settlers in Canada shifting into a self-defined "Indigenous" identity. This study is not about individuals who have been dispossessed by colonial policies...
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| Language: | English |
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada :
University of Manitoba Press,
[2019]
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Self-Indigenization in the twenty-first century
- Part One. The Mechanics of Descent. Lineal descent and the political use of Indigenous women ancestors ; Aspirational descent: creating Indigenous women ancestors ; Lateral descent: remaking family in the past
- Part Two. Race Shifting as Anti-Indigenous Politics. After Powley: anti-Indigenous activism and becoming "Métis" in two regions of Quebec ; The largest self-identified "Métis" organization in Quebec: The Métis Nation of the Rising Sun
- Conclusion: White claims to Indigenous identity.
