\u0022No one wants to know how much blood you have, but do you have any? That’s what it comes down to.”
She has claimed Métis and Anishinaabe identity with Tlingit heritage. Bourassa does not have documentation proving those ties, but said she approached genealogists about two years ago, hoping to trace her family history. That work is ongoing, but has identified family members born in “Slavic countries” as well as two family lines in the United States, she said. She declined to name the genealogists and said findings were preliminary.
she said she would not rely on blood quantum — the controversial practice of measuring what fraction of a person’s ancestors were Indigenous to determine questions of citizenship or identity — to assert her identity. She said her adoption by LaRocque and acceptance by that community means she is Métis.Article contentADOPTION ARGUMENT CHALLENGED“It’s not an issue of blood quantum. It’s about belonging,” University of Regina social work professor Raven Sinclair said.
“It doesn’t work that way in the western context; it doesn’t work that way in the Indigenous context.” Métis Nation Saskatchewan President Glen McCallum says only his body can determine who has Métis status in Saskatchewan.Wendy Gervais, the representative for MN—S western region 3, said there was once no need for such a registry.Article content
Bourassa acknowledged one of her previous claims to Tlingit ancestry — a group of First Nations from the Pacific Northwest — through her great-grandmother was incorrect.Article content The StarPhoenix requested an interview with university President Peter Stoicheff or College of Medicine dean Dr. Preston Smith. Instead, the school sent a statement from U of S provost Dr. Airini , saying it is not the university’s role to decide who is Indigenous.Article content
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