Distorted Descent Biography presents an Aboriginal scholar’s perspective

presents an Aboriginal scholar’s perspective on the ethics of publishing historical documents

Although recent court cases have strengthened Aboriginal rights

It is the French edition of Aboriginal Beliefs

dated 15 December 1879 to Sir John A

this text remains an important work for both scholars and the Iroquois

Distorted Descent Biography presents an Aboriginal scholar’s perspectiveIn Distorted Descent: White Claims of Indigenous Identity, Darryl Leroux explores the specifics of a social phenomena a shifting of identity where otherwise white, French descendants in Canada identity as Indigenous based on their Indigenous ancestors born between 300 and 375 years ago and representing about 200 000 people. This book is therefore not about multi generational efforts of reconnecting with Indigenous kin and or reclaiming an Indigenous