Listen to the full discussion (along with panellist Kim TallBear, Canada research chair in Indigenous Peoples, Technoscience & Environment at the University of Alberta) on CBC News

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A report by the Aboriginal People’s Television Network concluded that Joseph Boyden — long celebrated as one of Canada’s finest Indigenous voices — may not be Indigenous at all.

It found that over the years the writer has described his Indigenous ancestry in a plethora of ways, raising suspicion among many. [Read more]