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Kim TallBear Sep 1, 2023

My comments (both text and video) for the First Nations University of Canada 2nd National Indigenous Citizenship Forum: "Indigenous Citizenship in the Academy, 1 Year Later." A talk live streamed on 3/21/23. #Pretendians #RaceShifting https://kimtallbear.substack.com/p/kim-tallbear-comments-on-indigenous

Kim TallBear Comments on Indigenous Citizenship in the Academy, 1 Year Later

Second National Indigenous Citizenship Forum, First Nations University of Canada (March 21, 2022)

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Kim TallBear Jul 16, 2023

It is due to these cases of false #Abenaki claims in VT that i was invited to give a talk at UVM in April on the grave risks of self indigenization to actual tribes/Native nations. This article is a must-read. It's open source. #Pretendians #RaceShifting https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5gr0t78t

State Recognition and the Dangers of Race Shifting

Author(s): Leroux, Darryl; Leroux, Darryl | Abstract: This article examines the claims to an Indigenous identity made by the four state-recognized Abenaki tribes in Vermont through an analysis of their petition for federal acknowledgement (1982–2005) and applications for state recognition (2010–2012). A detailed analysis of their claims demonstrates that the tribes are not Abenaki, but instead, represent the descendants of French Canadians who immigrated to the Champlain Valley of northwestern Vermont in the mid-nineteenth century. In this case study of what the anthropologist Circe Sturm has called “race shifting,” I demonstrate how the politics of recognition, which do not include the kin-making and relations of Indigenous nations, serve the interests of settler colonialism under the guise of decolonization. I attribute the emergence of race shifting along three vectors: the move away from white identity post-Civil Rights era; the lack of a tribal presence in Vermont; and the flaws in the state recognition process.

Kim TallBear Jul 13, 2023

Text of my talk, "Self-indigenization, Genocide, and Native Resistance," and YouTube video from University of Vermont, April 28, 2023 #RaceShifting #Pretendians
https://youtu.be/7tYHqJhvg8c