Proximity, Family Lore, and False Claims to an Algonquin Identity
This article examines the type of family lore that leads white Canadians and Americans to claim Indigenous identities. Using a case-study approach, I demonstrate how 2000 descendants of a French-Canadian couple, born in the early 1800s near Montréal, joined one of the largest land claims in Canadian...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2024-10-01
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Series: | Genealogy |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2313-5778/8/4/125 |