![]() ![]() ![]() Įarly false claims to Indigenous identity, often called " playing Indian", go back at least as far as the Boston Tea Party. It is sometimes also referred to as a form of fraud, ethnic fraud or race shifting. As a practice, being a pretendian is considered an extreme form of cultural appropriation, especially if that individual then asserts that they can represent, and speak for, communities they do not belong to. Person who falsely claims a Native American or Indigenous Canadian identityĪ pretendian ( portmanteau of pretend and Indian ) 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. ![]()
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