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On settler claims to Indigenous identity

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‘There is no DNA test to prove you’re Native American’
article by Linda Geddes, featuring Dr. Kim Tallbear

Sorry, that DNA test doesn't make you Indigenous
article and audio from CBC Radio's The 180, featuring Dr. Kim Tallbear


This is a list of search results for information about DNA and identity from the site for research and teaching hub Indigenous Science, Technology and Society (University of Alberta, Faculty of Native Studies').  You will find news articles, podcasts, radio broadcasts and more.

Appropriated identities and the new wave of dispossession
by Dr. Pam Palmater
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A Curated List of Native Responses to Elizabeth Warren
compiled by Dr. Debbie Reese


Statement on Elizabeth Warren's DNA Test
by Dr. Kim Tallbear


see also: Dr. Tallbear's book Native American DNA: Tribal Belonging and the False Promise of Genetic Science

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Author Joseph Boyden’s shape-shifting Indigenous identity
by Jorge Barrera


Joseph Boyden, where are you from?
by Hayden King
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CBC's The Current, January 5, 2017 transcript
featuring a conversation with Lee Maracle, Wab Kinew and Dr. Kim Tallbear


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Self-made métis
by Darryl Leroux


Becoming Indigenous: The rise of Eastern Métis in Canada
by Darryl Leroux and Adam Gaudry

Media Indigena Ep. 72 , July 23, 2017 - White Settler Revisionism and Making 
Métis Everywhere - Part 1

Media Indigena Ep. 73 , July 23, 2017 - White Settler Revisionism and Making Métis Everywhere - Part 2
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