", Slippery Characters: Ethnic Impersonators and American Identities. Joseph M. Pierce, an associate professor of Latin American and Indigenous Studies at Stony Brook University, said he wouldnt be surprised if Keelers claims were true. It was a list that was to be researched by. Theres so many things hurting our communities, and theres so many beautiful things to celebrate, and her witch hunt sucks up all the oxygen, she added. The list contains both those being probed and those who have already been disavowed by tribes they claim affiliation with. His family came from Mexico. Indigenous Wire is a Native-owned, reader-supported publication. ", "Genetic Markers Not a Valid Test of Native Identity", "Elizabeth Warren's claim to Cherokee ancestry is a form of violence - Be it by the barrel of a carbine or a mail-order DNA test, the American spirit demands the disappearance of Indigenous people", "Can DNA Determine Who is American Native American? The conversation apparently took place during organizing action against Native mascots in sports. Black Natives should never see this type of behavior from someone with such a large platform, whom theyd entrusted to advocate on their behalf. They claimed they were all hiding in plain sight due to fears of discrimination, and of course, using the Eugenics Survey of Vermont 1925-1937 as an excuse, hijacking that for gains publicly and politically. Happy Friday, Wiredians (see what we did there?). Ms. Based solely on the one ancestor listed in this letter, over 1,000 people were enrolled as Algonquin people, making them "potential beneficiaries of a massive pending land claim agreement involving almost $1 billion and more than 500 sq. You all are every daily standing on the core. While Jon Levine, the reporter of the Post piece, emailed back to say he grabbed the picture in question from Keelers Instagram, and he later tweeted as much, Keeler went a different routeone that we had been told in advance she might. Many of the accused sit in prestigious academic perches. Saturdays article in The Chronicle spurred backlash from many Native American people. So called Indianness is good enough for every purpose. We attempted to respond to Keeler with a calm, rational tweet, assuring her we werent attacking her; rather, we were investigating the Posts coverage. This is something that has been bothering me with Keeler's list. Indeed, some deceivers have argued that her list is in itself racist, or that it has racial undertones, because it includes people who identify as both Black and Native. Then she deletes related tweets and other social media that would undermine her integrity, and she usually presents herself in the end as the aggrieved, yet righteous, victor on whatever issue she is championing. I could very easily say Keeler has no connection to the Navajo Nation, not sure how she got enrolled, and publish her name on a list. [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]. They take up a lot of space and income from First Nation, Inuit and Metis Peoples. https://wapo.st/3zCUpau. @jfkeeler. It is so difficult to hold one another accountable these days. She may need more disclaimers and better notes, and may otherwise be doing a poor job, but I see no reason why a work in progress like hers ought to be kept a secret from the rest of us. 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. Mnikwou Lakota poet Trevino Brings Plenty writes: "To wear an underrepresented people's skin is enticing. Writer Jacqueline Keeler, whose own controversial history includes publishing a list of people she named "Pretendians" in 2021, said she interviewed Littlefeather's younger sisters, who claimed that Littlefeather lied about her ancestry to advance her career. Read it. Now I've known about Marie Cruz (stage name Sacheen Littlefeather) and her false claims to Apache/Yaqui ancestry for a while now, thanks to Jacqueline Keeler's Pretendian list.But it's only in the last couple of days that it's become wider knowledge, thanks to an article Keeler penned for the San Francisco Chronicle.. Its worse to shut down someone trying to reconnect with their ancestral roots than to let a pretendian slip by. Keeler has faced backlash for her list, which allegedly included LinkedIn profiles and places of employment alongside the names. The sisters also assert that Littlefeather's stories about their violent and impoverished upbringing were also patently false. There's a post about . Staff genealogist. While faking Indigenous American identity for positions of prestige is a problem, sovereign tribes and nations should be leading investigations into citizenship claims. And then I stopped pretending, beginning to research a thousand and one fellow race shifters social, historical, and genealogical backgrounds who claim today, to be thee Vermont or New Hampshires Abenakis who have Vermont State recognition, and have their laminated membership cards at the ready. I'll just hold off my judgment till more comes out. [31], In January 2021, Navajo journalist Jacqueline Keeler began investigating the problem of settler self-indigenization in academia. We've received your submission. For example, as communication. She was confronted about it and denied it on Twitter (as seen on comprehensive document above about her actions). Maybe the Littlefeather name and the braids seemed like overdoing it, but guess what she was first and foremost achecks notes professional actress so shes the theatrical type doesnt mean she was actually lying though. My moms full Navajo. Sometimes people exploit this by claiming, In an apparent response to these incidents, Navajo and Yankton Dakota writer, The Google doc can be viewed by requesting access with an email address. 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. It can really feel like a damned if you do damned if you dont situation if you dont say youre Native are you a pretendiwhite? Federally recognized Pretendian list co-creator. Historian Philip J. Deloria has noted that European Americans "playing Indian" is a phenomenon that stretches back at least as far as the Boston Tea Party. Any findings should only be released publicly. Tinsel Korey Since 2009, there have been numerous reports about Tinsel being another pretendian. A pretendian is a person who has falsely claimed Indigenous identity by claiming to be a citizen of a Native American or Indigenous Canadian tribal nation, or to be descended from Native ancestors. But we didnt listen. The Alleged Pretendians List is the creation of Jacqueline Keeler, a Native American writer and activist who has spent years busting fakers in politics and academia. All of this added up to a culture that was not inclined to disbelieve self-identification, and a wider societal impulse to claim Indigeneity.[19]. Pretendians - noun - A person who falsely claims to have Indigenous ancestry - meaning it's people who fake an Indigenous identity or dig up an old ancestor from hundreds of years ago to proclaim themselves as Indigenous today. 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. ", 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. Karendian Vowel. She is going to put a lot of people in jeopardy with this action; their livelihoods, their families. In October 2022, Teillet published the report, Indigenous Identity Fraud, for the University of Saskatchewan. . https://t.co/pW3Uwb8xdc, Kayla-Wayla (@KaylaWayla20) May 2, 2021. Pierce added the piece preys on peoples insecurities rather than proposing a type of repair., Its like putting your finger in a wound, you know? 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. I appreciate Keelers work in trying to out people like Linda for the frauds they are! 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. Keeler said the list was a collaboration of many researchers, journalists and activists, but that she had been the one to compile those efforts into a single place. Several people on the list have also denied Keelers claims of fraud. It is also another colonial act. What more do you need? In a statement to CBC News, the chief and council of the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation say that those they are seeking to remove "are fraudulently taking up Indigenous spaces in high academia and procurement opportunities. ", "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? "Don't ask me about Cherokee Freedmen" Keeler has also added a Pee Dee tribal member to her list. The Native American Journalists Association has since rescinded Lawrences membership. In popular culture, this style of "outing" is historically most associated with revealing those suspected of being closeted gays and lesbians. Ashley Fairbanks, an Anishinaabe writer and digital strategist took to Twitter to say I hate that Native people have to spend a single breath talking about Jacqueline Keeler.. Because what appears to be real, may not be the reality after all, especially when in comes to dealing with the Abenakis of the Northeast. Does this make it true? Contemporary Mexican-Americans experience many forms of racism, including state violence, criminalization, discrimination, educational and income gaps, and health disparities. [32] Academic Dina Gilio-Whitaker, who reviewed Keelers documentation on Sacheen Littlefeather before it was published (see below), wrote that in her opinion Keeler did solid research. Keeler says she and other researchers capped the list at 200 to help make the investigative caseload manageable, but that the true number of alleged fraudsters is closer to 500. Im investigating actual ethnic fraud which harms Native people. If colonialism has not eradicated Indigenous people by starvation, residential schools, the reserve system, taking their lands and languages, scooping their children, and doing everything to assimilate Indigenous peoples, then the final act is to become them. By claiming indigeneity without the recognition of Native nations, pretendians undermine a core tenant of tribal sovereignty: the ability for tribes to determine citizenship. At the same time, hippie and New Age subcultures marketed Native cultures as accessible, spiritual, and as a form of resistance to mainstream culture, leading to the rise of the plastic shaman or "culture vulture." https://jacquelinekeeler.substack.com/p/hollywood-fantasy-is-sacheen-littlefeather?utm_medium=email. Her sisters say she was an ethnic fraud", "Sacheen Littlefeather's Sisters Say Claim of American Indian Heritage Was A Fraud", "Criminalizing 'Pretendians' is not the answer; we need to give First Nations control over grants", "There is nothing innocent about the false presumption of Indigenous identity", Teillet Report on Indigenous Identity Fraud. Rhiana Yazzie, a Native-American playwright, said she had mixed feelings about the list. The op-ed was a letter of advice to Deb Haaland, a Native American who had just been nominated to serve as President Bidens Interior Secretary. The issue of Pretendians made headlines last month when Canadas top indigenous health expert, Carrie Bourassa, was ousted after her claims of membership in the Mtis nation were debunked. 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. May 14, 2021 / May 19, 2021 by Angelina Newsom | 12 Comments on Opinion: The Real Problem With Jacqueline Keelers Alleged Pretendian List. Who are hiding behind a serious BLM issue to deflect from their fraud. Another sister, Rosalind Cruz, took to Twitter to call Littlefeather mentally ill and claiming neither she nor her sister are Native. Hardly. jacqueline keeler is a known racist and xenophobe (just google "Opinion: The Real Problem With Jacqueline Keeler's 'Alleged Pretendian' List" there's an article that links an entire google doc of the racist shit she's done over the years and . Keeler references we in many of her posts regarding this list without publicly disclosing exactly who else is involved. I know some of these people who react negatively to . 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So how was she hiding from the Eugenics Survey in the 1920s and 30s, when all they had to do was walk up to her doorstep and knock, after reading the Burlington Free Press whenever her children were announced to have been born to the couple in that newspaper?! Under one name is a note attached, Unable to ascertain truth of claim due to adoption. Yet, the individual remains on the list as an alleged pretendian., 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. Native ancestor, claiming to be Abenakis from and of VT (or NH). This is intentional violence. [41] Academic Dina Gilio-Whitaker wrote that the truth about community leaders is "crucial", even if it means losing a "hero", and that the work Littlefeather did is still valuable, but there is a need to be honest about the harm done by pretendians, especially by those who manage to fool so many people that they become iconic:[35], The stereotype Littlefeather embodied depended on non-Native people not knowing what they were looking at, or knowing what constitutes legitimate American Indian identity. "Becoming Indian: The Self-Invention of Yeffe Kimball. Shortly thereafter her sisters spoke to Navajo reporter Jacqueline Keeler and said that their family has no ties to the Apache or Yaqui tribes Sacheen had claimed. Among famous names like Johnny Depp and, Theres not a clear process on how this research is being conducted or how individuals are singled out for suspicion. 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[7][16][17], The academic Joel W. Martin noted that "an astonishing number of southerners assert they have a grandmother or great-grandmother who was some kind of Cherokee, often a princess", and that such myths serve settler purposes in aligning American frontier romance with southern regionalism and pride.[18]. The Pretendian list as originally conceived was supposed to address the false claims of Indigeneity that we're causing harm to our Native Nations. Nadema Agard, a New York City visual artist who claims Lakota, Cherokee, and Powhatan ancestry, is named. On Dec. 6, 1974, the Berkeley Gazette quoted Littlefeather calling . Early false claims to Indigenous identity, often called "playing Indian", go back at least as far as the Boston Tea Party. Everyone on this list has made public claims through interviews, in books authored, documentaries, and even in Congressional testimony. As a practice, being a pretendian is considered an extreme form of cultural appropriation,[8] especially if that individual then asserts that they can represent, and speak for, communities they do not belong to. Peaceful sleep and the joke of roads to laugh at in the morning i wish for you. [32] Working with other Natives in tribal enrollment departments, genealogists and historians, they began following up on the names many had been hearing for years in tribal circles were not actually Native, asking about current community connections as well as researching family histories "as far back as the 1600s" to see if they had any ancestors who were Native or had ever lived in a tribal community. . 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. Death certificates list both parents with their birth places and mother's maiden name. She called Keelers allegations a witch-hunt and provided proof of her ancestry, the New York Post reported in January. This phenomenon took place following the "lndian Preference" regulations in new hiring practices at the Bureau of lndian Affairs in the early 1970s. In September 2003, Odanaks Chief, Gilles Obomsawin, with the Band Council retracted their recognition (politically) of anyone claiming to be Abenakis south of the US/Canadian border, with the exception of Odanaks own people who reside in the U.S.A. (which are documented descendants of Odanak Abenakis). There was a rise in pretendians after the 1960s for a number of reasons, such as the reestablishment of tribal sovereignty following the era of Indian termination policy, the media coverage of the Occupation of Alcatraz and the Wounded Knee Occupation, and the formation of Native American studies as a distinct form of area studies which led to the establishment of publishing programs and university departments specifically for or about Native American culture. There is a pattern that "pretendians" follow: They exploit peoples lack of knowledge about who American Indian people are by perpetuating ambiguity in a number of ways. they have been determined. 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While faking Indigenous American identity for positions of prestige is a problem, sovereign tribes and nations should be leading investigations into citizenship claims. [42] Deloria also explores the white American dual fascination with "the vanishing Indian" and the idea that, by "Playing Indian", the white man can then be the true inheritor and preserver of authentic American identity and connection to the land, aka "Indianness". Despite being enrolled in a federally recognized tribe (a term Keeler emphasizes a lot), Campbell remains on the alleged pretendian list. It only is supportive of Karens scheming for land when you forget your surprise reaction at this stuff. The State politicians and the groups sought out the Indian Arts and Crafts Act people to guide the groups recognition bill S.222 in just the right way, to pass the mustard, yet no Vermont politicians ever objectively validated these people as being descendants of the Abenakis. 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. 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.. [36][35][44][45][46][47] In Settler Colonialism + Native Ghosts - "Community, Pretendians, & Heartbreak", Robinson posits that, Quite often this seems to be a cynical ploy towards some kind of anti-Indigenous political programme, as Darryl Leroux and others have demonstrated quite convincingly and handily regarding the explosion of groups in eastern Ontario, Qubec, the Maritimes and parts of New England (2019) where quite often the absolutely astronomical growth in new claimants of Indigeneity can be clearly traced back to white supremacist, anti-Native, political projects in opposition to Aboriginal and Treaty rights. What compels someone to say this at their own sister's funeral? 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