Shaneen Robinson-Desjarlais
APTN National News
A Manitoba politician who is also a friend of Joseph Boyden says the author must be completely upfront about his ancestry.
There has been a lot of focus on Boyden in recent weeks after an APTN story delved into the author’s many claims of Indigenous roots – but found none.
See article here: Author Joseph Boyden’s shape-shifting Indigenous identity
Wab Kinew is quoted in the APTN article and followed up with an op-ed in the Globe and Mail.
Did anyone do a search on Sandra Muse Isaacs, she is claiming Cherokee she is not. She did research in Cherokee to get her information about the Cherokee and has been saying she is Cherokee. The people do not appreciate that she has been claiming Cherokee.