Drew Hayden Taylor examines the issue of ‘pretendians,’ those faking Indigenous heritage, in new documentary
Even the naming of the issue has become a popular pastime. The most recognizable term is pretendians, but other common appellations include race shifters, Karendians, wannabindians, and Indigenots.
Since production started on this documentary, I have been getting strongly opinionated tweets and emails from individuals on both sides of the issue. One gentleman seems genuinely fixated on outing one single person currently in the media's eye. That's all he's interested in. I've tried to explain how the documentary is focusing on the practice itself, the issues around it and its consequences, not on outing individual people.
In the midst of all this, there are the shades of grey . Is it nature or nurture that gives an Indigenous person the right to shake that rattle? That brings the issue of adoption into the discussion. On one hand, there's the "scoop up" generation. I am referring to those who were taken away by the authorities and farmed out for adoption by settler families. They struggle to find their way back to the family, and luckily most are welcomed home. They are considered Indigenous.
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