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We interview Sherman Alexie, Native American author and top-tier Substacker, about Pretendians like Sasheen Littlefeather and Buffy Sainte-Marie, who steal trauma for their own status. We also discuss:
* The ruse of the word “indigenous”
* How inclusivity plays out in a younger generation of “defendians”
* “I grew up in hell”: hard life on the rez
* The genetic link of blackout drinking
* You wake up naked on the top of a hill, what do you do?
* You should be so lucky to have an ancestor named Thunder Meatflayer
* Will the current surge in Indian film and TV creation continue?
* The “shocking and amazing” classic novel Sherman just re-read
* Scorsese Scorsese Scorsese
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