McCusker wrote, We have been so heavily affected by stolen identities that the word pretendian has become a colloquially used term. Apparently her real name is Harsha Patel and she is of Asian Indian descent. The above video has the audio enhanced and subtitled. In October 2022, Teillet published the report, Indigenous Identity Fraud, for the University of Saskatchewan. Were on the list that apparently matters. Native ancestor, claiming to be Abenakis from and of VT (or NH). Hence, she believes that some on the list are hiding behind the Black Lives Matter movement by strategically labeling her list racist and pointing to times, We attempted to respond to Keeler with a calm, rational tweet, assuring her we werent attacking her; rather, we were investigating the Posts coverage. A list of allegedly fake Native Americans has begun circulating in tribal and academic circles, accusing 195 people of falsely claiming an Indian identity for personal gain. Early life. Yes, people lying about their ancestry to gain some personal advantage is wrong, It is not that the type of effort that Keeler is undertaking is bad. Jacqueline Keeler is a Native American writer and activist, enrolled in the Navajo Nation and of Yankton Dakota descent, who co-founded Eradicating Offensive Native Mascotry (EONM), which seeks to end the use of Native American racial groups as mascots. As Verity said, the family is very well documented. [38] In response, Bourassa admitted that she does not have status in the communities that she claimed but insisted that she does have some Indigenous ancestors and that she has hired other genealogists to search for them. Death certificates list both parents with their birth places and mother's maiden name. Let me explain WHY I have an issue with this articles statement. Copyright 2023 Pow Wows, Inc. All rights reserved, on Opinion: The Real Problem With Jacqueline Keelers Alleged Pretendian List, Unless a person shares their background and history, appearance isnt going to give anything away. "It's not reconnection if I don't like you" Kendian Cornsilk. The Pee Dee tribes in South Carolina are thoroughly documented and are supposed to become federally-recognized soon, along with the Waccamaw tribe. The Alleged Pretendians List is the creation of Jacqueline Keeler (inset), a Native American writer and activist who has spent years busting fakers in politics and . It is also another colonial act. But we didnt listen. Now, a piece in the San Francisco Chronicle argues that Littlefeather, who died earlier this month, was a fraud. Im investigating actual ethnic fraud which harms Native people. Exercise caution. It takes a person with enough knowledge of the gaps in the system to exploit them. To drop that even as a social worker social justice worker is to drop out of an innocent game of badmitten in favor of fear and unnamed opposites: fear and/ control. This has resulted in Keeler later admitting to adding four authentic Natives to her list by mistake. "[4], In October 2021, the CBC published an investigation into the status of Canadian academic Carrie Bourassa, who works as an Indigenous health expert and has claimed Mtis, Anishinaabe and Tlingit status. Individuals who have been accused of being a pretendian include: History of false claims to Indigenous identity, Post-1960s: Rise of pretendians in academia, arts and political positions. (20 years to "get the records straight). The group in Swanton submitted their initial petition for federal recognition in 1982 (after having their internally-trained -by John Moody- but biased genealogists who claimed to be Abenakis, members of the group, do the research and an Addendum was added in 1986. Anyway, no one has entrusted Keeler with anything. A list of pretendians. She blocked me on twitter too and Sharp also block Cam Foreman, of Redding Rancheria, whose ancestor had to be DUG UP for a DNA test, which, at 99.8% wasn't a strong enough match. This phenomenon took place following the "lndian Preference" regulations in new hiring practices at the Bureau of lndian Affairs in the early 1970s. Yet, in March-June 1975, up popped up a fraudulent organization claiming to be Abenakis themselves, soliciting membership outside themselves and their families, and all of them, were French-Canadians with a 200-300 yr. [22][23][24] Attempts by non-Natives to racialize Indigenous identity by DNA tests have been seen by Indigenous people as insensitive at best, often racist, politically and financially motivated, and dangerous to the survival of Indigenous cultures. Read it. You might be a pretendian if your star quilt was bought at Target or has Chewbacca on it. This is intentional violence. Among famous names like Johnny Depp and Elizabeth Warren are seemingly random people. Contrary to Littlefeather's half-century long claims, she has no White Mountain Apache or Yaqui heritage . [] Harm is caused when resources and even jobs go to fakes instead of the people they were intended for. At the same time, we were defining the long-established Karendian and Kendian terms not supporting misogyny and, again, we. To protect the rights of Indigenous people, pretendians like Wages and Warren must be challenged and the retelling of their false narratives must be stopped. They are also all monetizing their claims. But we didnt listen. Theres also a lot of personal data being collected for this list and made public. For a first-time violation of the Act, an individual can face civil or criminal penalties up to a $250,000 fine or a five-year prison term, or both. 'Native American' novelist praised by GMA, NYT accused of being a 'Pretendian' By Isabel Vincent Your familys alienation from you is sad but the connection to her pretensions isnt obvious. Be it said the four winds drew me near my last acceptance at a university before i gave up was to LSSU. It goes into detail with each entry and us cotinually being updated. There are some questions to both her own and her husband's Native ancestry / enrollment as both of their stories shift over time. Keeler also added former Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell to the list, despite his enrollment in the Northern Cheyenne nation with a note attached, No Cheyenne ancestry. The sisters also assert that Littlefeather's stories about their violent and impoverished upbringing were also patently false. Writer Jacqueline Keeler, who rose in infamy herself after publishing a list of people she claimed where "Pretendians" in 2021, claims Littlefeather wasn't Native, and is backed by some of . And the payoff is well worth it. Jacqueline Keeler is compiling a long list of Pretendians that attempt to speak on behalf of Native people, take up space intended for Native people, or worse, prizes, scholarships, and awards. In popular culture, this style of "outing" is historically most associated with revealing those suspected of being closeted gays and lesbians. The list has a lot of already published material linked in it. [38] Bourassa was placed on immediate leave from her post at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research after her claims of Indigenous ancestry were found to be baseless.[39]. of writer and activist Jacqueline Keeler in its coverage of the Pretendian/Karendian/Defendian Native identity and ethnic fraud controversy, Keeler shot the messenger in this case, yours truly. Creating an alleged pretendian list of possible offenders with incomplete research, possible bias and implication of actual Natives alongside alleged pretensions isnt safe for Indian Country nor should it be the standard. While faking Indigenous American identity for positions of prestige is a problem, sovereign tribes and nations should be leading investigations into citizenship claims. If the editors had known that there were questions about her connection to the Native community, this essay would not have been published until those questions had been resolved.. Recently, theres been a lot of publicity surrounding high-profile cases of individuals falsely claiming Indigenous American ancestry while working in entertainment and other industries. (DISCLAIMER: this all relates to us not the whyte supremist racists out there) Meanwhile in Indian country From keeler's pretendian list, Kim tallbear alleged support of list, Sephora, sarian fox, to dynami thomas, myself (but on a smaller scale), all being held accountable for various reasons. And I'm sure it will. [The piece] tries to make black and white things that actually have nuance.. Imposters in the academy gain six-figure jobs, prestige, grants and tenure in exchange for a few lies. Why Are Land Acknowledgements Important? We will release the names and findings of all those who are found to have no relation to the American Indian tribe they claim in the United States.. Another sister, Rosalind Cruz, took to Twitter to call Littlefeather mentally ill and claiming neither she nor her sister are Native. Any findings should only be released publicly after they have been determined. It only is supportive of Karens scheming for land when you forget your surprise reaction at this stuff. EXAMPLE: Vermont and New Hampshires alleged and reinvented Abenakis. A controversial piece in the San Francisco Chronicle features interviews with the actress sisters, who say she wasnt part of a Native American tribe. Most claim Native Nations in the States, only a few are Metis from Canada operating here in the U.S. Michelle Latimer is not on it since she's mainly working her grift in Canada. [40] As Littlefeather had been a beloved activist, these reports were met with controversy, challenges, and attacks on Keeler, largely on social media. It is up to people, like Jacqueline Keeler and Tywla Barnes and others, like Darryl Leroux, and myself to try and alert the public, as to the fraud committed by both State and Federal agency and politicians, who give platform-space-and benefit to these race shifters claiming an identity as Indians/Abenakis/Cherokees, etc. Theres never a situation where blackface is acceptable, especially not in Native organizing. If we soon turn up on Keelers list, dont be surprised. The divisiveness serves to disconnect more indigenous people's voices, because we're so focused on banishing the fakes that we overlook the issues of poverty, trauma and abuse that are as real as you and me. This kind of impersonation can only be carried out by those with immense privilege. "Well where's the proof" Here. But call the Sault Tribe enrollment department if you must. Rhiana Yazzie, a Native-American playwright, said she had mixed feelings about the list. Tinsel Korey Since 2009, there have been numerous reports about Tinsel being another pretendian. Individual tribes and nations determine who their citizens are. Keeler, who has been accused of conducting "witch hunts" to expose fake Native Americans, told The Post she met Wurth a few years ago when the novelist publicly accused Native American writer . Timothy B. Powell, New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1999), Anthes, Bill. . Not some random journalist who wants to speak for all Indigenous peoples. Keeler seems to be going on the latter much of the time and is not humble enough admit an error when she comes to an erroneous conclusion, that is later refuted by hard evidence. Sacheen Littlefeather (Native American actress Maria Cruz) holds a written statement from actor Marlon Brando refusing his Best Actor Oscar on stage at the Academy Awards on March 27, 1973 in Los. Keeler has faced backlash for her list, which allegedly included LinkedIn profiles and places of employment alongside the names. Indigenous Definition: How To Use It Correctly and Related Terms To Avoid, Interview Jana Schmieding Lakota Actress From Peacocks Rutherford Falls, To Fight Gangs and Their Grip On Our Children, Stereotype Proved incorrect: Natives drink LESS than European Americans. I appreciate Keelers work in trying to out people like Linda for the frauds they are! Unclear how he got enrolled. Keeler doesnt mention if she reached out to Northern Cheyenne tribal officials. So called Indianness is good enough for every purpose. My pop was entirely adopted by the Bay deNoc Ojibwa. Distorted Descent: White Claims to Indigenous Identity, Inventing an Indigenous People in Algonquin Territory, Settler Colonialism + Native Ghosts: An Autoethnographic Account of the Imaginarium of Late Capitalist/Colonialist Storytelling, Waterloo, Ontario: University of Waterloo, Becoming Indian: The Struggle Over Cherokee Identity in the Twenty-First Century, Native American DNA: Tribal Belonging and the False Promise of Genetic Science, APTN Investigates: Cowboys and Pretendians, "Indigenous 'Race Shifting' Red Flags: A Quick Primer for Reporters and Others", Pretendians and Their Impact on Mtis Identity in the Academy, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pretendian&oldid=1138314384, Erika T. Wurth is a novelist claiming Apache/Chickasaw/Cherokee descent whose novel, This page was last edited on 9 February 2023, at 01:08. "Everyone on this list . There is an element of narcissism. After the actress, model and Native American civil rights activist died at age 75 earlier this month, Littlefeather's two sisters claimed that she lied about her indigenous ancestry and was previously known by the family as "Deb" in a bombshell interview with the San Francisco Chronicle. Hence, she believes that some on the list are hiding behind the Black Lives Matter movement by strategically labeling her list racist and pointing to times she has allegedly tweeted the N-word and has allegedly supported doing blackface.). The Academy apologized to Littlefeather in a letter reported in April. And in her defense, one PECHANGA educator, she checked out, not enrolled, IS Pechanga by blood/birth her parents died without getting her enrolled, and now is caught in Pechanga's moratorium. Stolen identities undermine us to the point where we end up fodder for the tabloids the likes of Daily Mail. Malea Powell is on Jacqueline Keeler's Alleged Pretendian list as debunked (not Native) . My dad is 5/8ths Yankton Dakota, but they had to choose a tribe, she told critics in March. Keeler has also added a Pee Dee tribal member to her list. Taking a key step to advance a project that will transform the campus residential experience and the campus itself UC Santa Barbara has released a notice of preparation for a new student housing development. Keeler insists Agards heritage traces itself back to Barbados and showed genealogical records which she said backed up the assertion. Hardly. Please. [8] However, since the 1990s and 2000s, a number of controversies regarding ethnic fraud have come to light and received coverage in mainstream media, leading to a broader awareness of pretendians in the world at large.[2][4][8]. Her enemies among whom we do not consider ourselves, but she might think otherwise based on what youll read below say she tends to serve up disordered logic on a number of topics. Your email address will not be published. Believe it or not, some non-Indian folks, not steeped in this stuff, dont know what a Pretendian, a Defendian, a Karendian and/or a Kendian are. Federally recognized Pretendian list co-creator. [31], In January 2021, Navajo journalist Jacqueline Keeler began investigating the problem of settler self-indigenization in academia. The Vermont Eugenics Records NEVER once mentioned in the 40+ boxes of materials the word Abenaki for any of his or any other family (including my ancestors, the Wood(w)ards, nor their lateral line relatives, the Ways, Sweetsers, etc. This applies to accessing that Alleged Pretendian List AND the 'Keeler crime timeline' by @KaylaWayla20; both require a level of access to your information and/or email. The -so-called Scholars (that reviewed these 4 groups applications) were all approved by the staked Vermont Commission on Indian Affairs (VCNAA) that was staked with the groups members and or their allies. Jacquelin "Stands With a List" Keeler Din (Navajo) writer Jacqueline Keeler's reputation has fallen considerably since she was fired from Indian Country Today for biased reporting and later her controversial research methods in building the "Alleged Pretendian List". That is, she has a tendency to portray herself as the victim of some greater conspiracy. This is something that has been bothering me with Keeler's list. Great comment, Bryce. Theres no question about that but to accuse people of fraud with little resaerch and research that has been proven false is damaging to the actual activism she has provided. What more do you need? Most of the people mentioned in the V.E.S. Pretendian: In case you need more proof than Sacheen Littlefeather's listing on Keeler's fictitious Pretendian list that Keeler was attempting to scam Littlefeather. Examples of white societies who have played Indian include, according to Deloria, the Improved Order of Red Men, Tammany Hall, and scouting societies like the Order of the Arrow. Tallbear stresses that people who fabricate fraudulent claims are in no way the same as disconnected and reconnecting descendants who have real heritage, such as victims of government programs that scooped Indigenous children from their families. tx tribe), Jake Jeffcoat (Pee Dee and Creek descendant), Mike Padgett (Muscogee Nation of Florida), Kristina Gill (University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History), Paul Spickard (University of California, Santa Barbara), Christine MacInnes O'Donnell (Celtic person of the Earth First Nations Supporter Advocate), Devon Murphy, MA/MSIS, living on Shawnee land, Joseph Anthony Carlson (Charm City Books), Rodolfo Rosales (La Esperanza Peace & Justice Center and League of United Latin American Citizens), Bryce Stokes (Organization for Indigenous Autonomy), Matthew Foster (New England Independence Campaign), April M Hamm (Jim-Ree African American Museum), Brooke Lehman (The Watershed Center) Lazlo, Dr. Kimberly Wieser (The University of Oklahoma) Luca, Kia Hahta Nashoba (Indigenous Peoples United) Mackenzie Dawson, Tribal chair/Historian Marilyn Dreamwalker Mejorado Jessica Grasl, Last Real Indians 2020The New Indigenous Millennium, Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Montana, Last Real Indians, voter rights, Native American Rights Fund, ACLU, voting, racism, google. On Dec. 6, 1974, the Berkeley Gazette quoted Littlefeather calling . Its worse to shut down someone trying to reconnect with their ancestral roots than to let a pretendian slip by. My grandparents didnt even speak English! ", scooped Indigenous children from their families, 1867 federal treaty with the Chippewa of the Mississippi, List of unrecognized tribes in the United States, Native Americans in German popular culture, Category:American people who self-identify as being of Native American descent, "Doubts Over Indigenous Identity in Academia Spark 'Pretendian' Claims - Some Canadian universities now require additional proof to back up Indigenous heritage, replacing self-declaration policies", "4. While there are some genetic markers that are more common among Native Americans, these markers are also found in Asia, and in other parts of the world. All because she thinks she has the authority to question other's heritage. Mr. Stevens claims repeatedly that his maternal grandmother was hiding her identity by merely and only using Lillilan/Pauline or Delia as her first name, to avoid the 1931 Eugenics sterilization law of Vermont. Lawrence was unable to provide evidence of Native ancestry; she is not an enrolled member of any federally or state-recognized tribe, an editors note above the Times piece now reads. We suspect that might change soon. What compels someone to say this at their own sister's funeral? The Curious Case of Gina Adams: A "Pretendian" investigation She was hired by Emily Carr University in an effort to recruit Indigenous faculty. The Google doc can be viewed by requesting access with an email address. Getting rid of every single pretendian isn't going to (I think) strengthen our sovereignty changing our rolls to include all our people does . Indigenous Wire is a Native-owned, reader-supported publication. Everyone on this list has made public claims through interviews, in books authored, documentaries, and even in Congressional testimony. ", "I Knew Rachel Dolezal Back When She Was Indigenous", The Native roots of the bizarre Rachel Dolezal drama, "Race of Rachel Dolezal, head of Spokane NAACP, comes under question", "Read the NAACP's Full Statement on Rachel Dolezal", "Dartmouth Removes New Native American Head Amid Ethnicity Questions: Tribes accused Susan Taffe Reed of misrepresenting herself as American Indian", "Dartmouth criticized for Native American Studies hire", "Four Words for Andrea Smith: 'I'm Not an Indian', "Tribes Blast 'Wannabe' Native American Professor", "Rachel Dolezal Outs Andrea Smith Again; Will Anybody Listen This Time? It's not a . 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