Without truth and accountability we can not have reconciliation’ – LakelandToday.ca
Oct 23, 2025
Indigenous speakers and activists are calling for the development of real consequences for ‘Pretendians’ – people who falsely claim to have Indigenous ancestry.
Indigenous speakers and activists are calling for the development of real consequences for ‘Pretendians’ – people who falsely claim to have indigenous ancestry.
In a panel discussion hosted by MacEwan University in Edmonton on Sept. 25, Tom Snow of the Stoney Indian Reserve, Colleen Hele-Cardinal from Saddle Lake Cree Nation, Elaine Kicknosway of Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation, and Katrina Koe who was raised between the territories of Treaty 11 and Treaty 6, all spoke about the impact false indigeneity has on the indigenous experience and community.
