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Post by amyghost on Nov 21, 2024 19:32:36 GMT
Far as I can tell, he hasn't claimed to be Native by birth, he's clearly delineated that he was adopted and considers himself part of the Cree by adoption. Not quite the same thing as saying he's of indigenous bloodlines, more simply stating that he's a legally adopted member of a family who has Cree heritage.
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Post by amyghost on Nov 21, 2024 19:34:28 GMT
Too bad Iron Eyes Cody isn't still alive, he could have assigned him to his cabinet (he didn't have a shred of Native American blood either): A lot of 'Hollywood Indians' of that vintage had little or no Native bloodline. But that ad had a huge impact back in the day. |
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Post by jimmywynn on Nov 21, 2024 19:41:57 GMT
Too bad Iron Eyes Cody isn't still alive, he could have assigned him to his cabinet (he didn't have a shred of Native American blood either): A lot of 'Hollywood Indians' of that vintage had little or no Native bloodline. But that ad had a huge impact back in the day. WWF champion Chief Jay Strongbow as full blooded Italian.   |
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Post by PaulsLaugh on Nov 21, 2024 20:34:49 GMT
Has he ever directly claimed to be Native American? Boissonnault has said he stopped sitting with the Liberal Indigenous caucus when he joined cabinet in 2021. He said that when he sat with that caucus previously, it was in the role of an ally.
Boissonnault has referred to his adoptive great-grandmother repeatedly in public statements as a "full-blooded" Cree woman. He was given a Cree name in 2021, spoke Cree at least twice in parliamentary proceedings and self-identified as an "non-status adopted Cree."
His office has since clarified that his adoptive great-grandmother's family in fact had Métis heritage, and Boissonnault's past statements about Cree ancestry were based on "what he believed to be accurate his whole life." He was a partner in a company that tried to get a government contract to supply medical equipment during COVID. The company didn’t manufacture the supplies, it would just buy them from China and sell them to the government with a big mark-up. Under our SJW-in-Chief Justin Trudeau, the federal government is obliged to give five percent of its contracts to businesses owned by Natives, which is certainly why his company bid on the job. SJW. 🙄 Like you’re not demandy. |
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Post by OfUnknownOrigins on Nov 21, 2024 21:00:16 GMT
Sounds like Elizabeth Warren. She did nothing wrong. I thought she listed herself as a native when she applied for a job? |
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Post by jimmywynn on Nov 21, 2024 21:15:51 GMT
I thought she listed herself as a native when she applied for a job? The university listed her as a native in their catalog or whatever recruitment stuff they used for the department she taught at. And she believed what her grandmother told her. I've been told I have English ancestry on my Dad's side, but I've never set out to prove it. I assume it is the truth. |
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Nov 21, 2024 21:25:57 GMT
Far as I can tell, he hasn't claimed to be Native by birth, he's clearly delineated that he was adopted and considers himself part of the Cree by adoption. Not quite the same thing as saying he's of indigenous bloodlines, more simply stating that he's a legally adopted member of a family who has Cree heritage. I am pretty sure that that is what he is claiming NOW, after his claim to Native status was questioned. |
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Nov 21, 2024 21:34:39 GMT
I thought she listed herself as a native when she applied for a job? She did claim to be Native in some official document – maybe when she registered as a lawyer? I remember seeing a photo of the document in question. The university SAYS that her Native status was never a factor in hiring her or at any point during her career – but then it’s unlikely that they would throw a star professor and US Senator under the bus by saying “yes, we did take into account her stated ethnicity when hiring her, because we wanted to increase diversity in our docent body”. |
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Post by OfUnknownOrigins on Nov 21, 2024 21:35:21 GMT
I thought she listed herself as a native when she applied for a job? The university listed her as a native in their catalog or whatever recruitment stuff they used for the department she taught at. And she believed what her grandmother told her. I've been told I have English ancestry on my Dad's side, but I've never set out to prove it. I assume it is the truth. You should get a DNA test. They’re cheap these days and it’s fun to find out. |
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Nov 21, 2024 21:50:16 GMT
I thought she listed herself as a native when she applied for a job? The university listed her as a native in their catalog or whatever recruitment stuff they used for the department she taught at. And she believed what her grandmother told her. I've been told I have English ancestry on my Dad's side, but I've never set out to prove it. I assume it is the truth. She certainly can't be blamed for believing her family stories. She can however be blamed for checking "Native" in some official documents based on nothing more than stories told by her grandmother, when she never set foot in a reservation, never spoke a word of a native language, never had any link to native culture, never looked even remotely native, and never suffered any discrimination for being native. |
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Post by cat on Nov 21, 2024 21:54:12 GMT
Metis I'd imagine. Metis is intermarriage between Indigenous and settlers.
Still, if he's faking being Indigenous and he got caught then so long.
Even if it were true that his great-grandmother was a "full-blooded" Cree woman, that would make him 12.5% Native - in other words, not Native at all. I'm not saying he's Native or not. I'm saying there's a lot of white-passing Indigenous people because of intermarriage. I actually wish I'd gone with that instead of distinguishing Metis, but that was only in response to his appearance.
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Post by amyghost on Nov 22, 2024 9:50:32 GMT
Far as I can tell, he hasn't claimed to be Native by birth, he's clearly delineated that he was adopted and considers himself part of the Cree by adoption. Not quite the same thing as saying he's of indigenous bloodlines, more simply stating that he's a legally adopted member of a family who has Cree heritage. I am pretty sure that that is what he is claiming NOW, after his claim to Native status was questioned. If he's claiming membership in the Cree by adoption, that's for the Cree nation to decide. If they accept it, he's saying nothing wrong or incorrect. He isn't claiming blood descent. A person who's an adopted member of a family can claim status as part of that family without having blood or genetic ties. This is simply nitpicking in an attempt to discredit. |
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