But if her claim is that it doesn’t matter if she was conceived by indigenous parents then doing a genetic test can only strengthen her opponents’ position. Why would she do that?
It’s my opinion that she is unlikely to have significant indigenous ancestry and that she has intentionally mislead the public about the nature of her connection to the indigenous community. That said: she may have entered the indigenous community under false pretenses but she IS part of the community.
I feel it is quite inappropriate for her to have accepted grants/awards reserved for people disenfranchised by settler colonialism and residential schools. But, I don’t know if it’s possible to discern which awards etc are intended as such and which are just to lift indigenous cultures in aggregate. She should double down on her rejection of colonial definitions and just announce her willingness to voluntarily return any awards/ grants to all organizations that feel blood quantum is paramount to indigeneity. I think that would put this whole thing to bed.
Yes she said that and also many other things in the past that don’t necessarily line up with that sentiment. Even if she does think she is indigenous regardless of her genetics, it seems like one would want to combat the perception that she is a liar. Doing the genetic test shows for sure you have nothing to hide, in my opinion.
But if her claim is that it doesn’t matter if she was conceived by indigenous parents then doing a genetic test can only strengthen her opponents’ position. Why would she do that?
It’s my opinion that she is unlikely to have significant indigenous ancestry and that she has intentionally mislead the public about the nature of her connection to the indigenous community. That said: she may have entered the indigenous community under false pretenses but she IS part of the community.
I feel it is quite inappropriate for her to have accepted grants/awards reserved for people disenfranchised by settler colonialism and residential schools. But, I don’t know if it’s possible to discern which awards etc are intended as such and which are just to lift indigenous cultures in aggregate. She should double down on her rejection of colonial definitions and just announce her willingness to voluntarily return any awards/ grants to all organizations that feel blood quantum is paramount to indigeneity. I think that would put this whole thing to bed.