Why do people fake Indigenous ancestry?
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The Stigma of Being Indigenous
I don't think indigenous people can do it by themselves. They can't lead the charge on this all the time. We need non-indigenous people, you know, who see a family member start claiming to be Métis to ask some of those questions themselves. I'm not sure that there are enough measures in place to really limit this phenomenon. There's still no real mechanisms for what to do here. So while there's certainly public embarrassment, I don't think that we're seeing real repercussions. Nobody's been charged with fraud. nobody's been forced to repay grants that they got that they shouldn't have received.
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