Temporarily removed. An analysis of anonymous account @VedarHe. — (Update Nov 4, 10:50pm: A plausible name has been brought forward about a co-author to the account.) (Updated Nov 5, 10:00am: The title, subtitle and body of the story has changed.) The original version of this story “strongly suggested” that the account VedarHe, which likes, and retweets almost all of…

APTN host leaks flawed research meant to defame Métis singer Iskwē. Host unceremoniously exits APTN a week later. — Update Jan 20 2023: Iskwe has shared on Facebook a photo of her expired Manitoba Metis Federation and an MMF letter dated Jan 18 2023 confirming her current citizenship. APTN has an unofficial 'pretendian list' and it's being used against at least one Métis who didn't renew their citizenship card.

Why is Dominique Ritchot still being quoted? — Almost a year ago, I published a story saying “the genealogist Dominique Ritchot, who the CBC has presented as a ‘specialist’ or having ‘expertise’, has a 2010 blog post on identity that cites Nazi-era eugenics” and “a similar post on identity one year earlier to a genealogy forum.” CBC News’…

Is an associate professor making up numbers for attention? — (Updated Feb 1st 2022 and again on Feb 8th: Substantial changes were made to reflect a longer history of Darryl’s estimate than previously thought. Updated Sept 21st 2022: Darryl Leroux deleted his twitter account Sept 21st 2022, the day Stats Canada released 2021 Metis Census numbers. …

iPolitics, Chief Lance Haymond and Darryl Leroux are wrong — Updated Jan 19th: Clarifying language to make it absolutely clear the iPolitics story was 100% bogus. The Algonquin National Secretariat (ANS) admits the genealogical report on Justin Trudeau was wrong. 6 Years of Misinformation Claims of Indigenous ancestry were first published in a March 2016 iPolitics story titled Justin Trudeau qualifies as Algonquin under…

Originally published: Montreal 1937 [LE PETIT JOURNAL] — (NOTE: I am translating and re-publishing this 1937 story as a reminder of the long history of French journalists using flawed genealogy to call Métis frauds.) The leader of the North West Rebellion was actually the son of an Irishman, Louis Riel, and the grandson of Jean-Baptiste Lagimodière, the famous…

On being a multi-generational “Pretendian” — My mom told me I was “MÉTIS” (French for “mixed”) growing up. She wrote in the family genealogy that my great-grandmother was “SANG AMERINDIAN”. The knowledge and the unanswered questions have been a bit of a curse. Growing up in the suburbs of Ottawa (Algonquin word “adawe”, means “to trade”)…

Fact-checking a public shaming (with responses) — In Michelle Latimer’s career, she has given over 70 interviews or media appearances — half occurring in a three month press blitz starting August 2020. I have compared primary sources — what she has actually said — versus the top ten rumors about her online. …

Darryl Leroux’s mission to redefine (and erase) hundreds of thousands of Indigenous people. — There is decades-long debate of who is or who is not Métis. Darryl Leroux, Associate Professor in the department of Social Justice and Community Studies at St. Mary’s University has garnered a following among those coalescing around a narrow definition of Métis. “The broadest definition of Métis would include everyone…