Fake Native ancestries

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(10-20-2019 03:29 AM)Steve Wrote:  I came across this article about fake Native American ancestry that I found interesting. Now, I know that some can interpret present "political" connotations about posting an article subject like this, but I'm more interested in the two main examples the author gives and how people's desires for one version of history all the contrary evidence against it. (Note: the article appears to be Canadian and uses Canadian terminology):

https://theconversation.com/how-some-nor...ity-121599

Very interesting, and though it relates to Canadian claims, it reminded me of a personal conversation years ago. I was raised in Southern Maryland, which continues to have a sizeable population of tri-racial folks (Caucasion, Negroid, and what I guess is now termed Indigenous instead of Indian or Native American). I asked one of them, whom I had known for years, which she would claim on a job application. She answered, "Whichever their job quota is looking for."