Distorted descent : white claims to indigenous identity / Darryl Leroux.
Examines a social phenomenon that has taken off in the twenty-first century: otherwise white, French descendant settlers in Canada shifting into a self-defined "Indigenous" identity. This study is not about individuals who have been dispossessed by colonial policies, or the multi-generational efforts to reconnect that occur in response. Rather, it is about white, French-descendant people discovering an Indigenous ancestor born 300 to 375 years ago through genealogy and using that ancestor as the sole basis for an eventual shift into an "Indigenous" identity today. After setting out the most common genealogical practices that facilitate race shifting, Leroux examines two of the most prominent self-identified "Indigenous" organizations currently operating in Quebec. Both organizations have their origins in committed opposition to Indigenous land and territorial negotiations, and both encourage the use of suspect genealogical practices. Distorted Descent brings to light how these claims to an "Indigenous" identity are then used politically to oppose actual, living Indigenous peoples, exposing along the way the shifting politics of whiteness, white settler colonialism, and white supremacy.
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- ISBN: 9780887558467 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 287 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2019.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-271) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Lineal descent and the political use of indigenous women ancestors -- Aspirational descent: creating indigenous women ancestors -- Lateral descent: remaking family in the past -- After Powley: anti-indigenous sctivism and cecoming "Métis" in two regions of Quebec -- The largest self-identified "Métis" organization in Quebec: the Métis nation of the rising sun -- White claims to indigenous identity. |
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Subject: | White people > Race identity > Québec (Province) White people > Québec (Province) > Genealogy. Genealogy > Political aspects > Québec (Province) Métis > Québec (Province) |
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Emily Carr University of Art + Design | FC2950 .A1 L47 2019 (Text) | 30241097 | Book | Volume hold | Available | - |