'It does boggle my brain, how do you keep all those lies ... for decades,' said the author of a report for the University of Saskatchewan.
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It came in the wake of a series of controversies over claims of Indigenous identity by prominent members of Canadian academic, literary and entertainment circles in recent years.Article content “I think there are people who use to make themselves not feel like the colonizer, so you’re not the bad guy,” Teillet said.
Teillet said identity fraudsters play into stereotypes about Indigenous Peoples and get away with it in part because Canadians generally aren’t educated about the diversity and complexity of Indigenous identity and culture across the country. “We’re waiting for the next expose about some high-level government person who’s also a fake. Because they’re there, probably by the hundreds, if not the thousands.”
Institutions must also introduce policies establishing processes and consequences for potential fraudsters already embedded in their positions, she added.
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