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Pretendians
Author: Canadaland
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“I love working on Pretendians because it gives me an opportunity to use humor as a vehicle to teach and inform. ” says Angel Ellis, co-host of Pretendians, Apple Podcasts' Spotlight show for July 2024.
Angel Ellis is a free-press activist and director of Mvskoke Media. Her co-host Robert Jago is a freelance writer, entrepreneur, and Indigenous rights activist from Richmond, British Columbia. Together, they pitched the show to the podcast network, Canadaland, as a new original series. “I broke one of the first big Pretendian stories of this whole moment,” says Jago, “and the way that I did it didn’t provide enough context. This series gives me a chance to try and reshape that.”
Ellis and Jago hope listeners understand the serious nature of the problem, while becoming more acquainted to Native joy and humor. “The broadest part of society coming to understand its impact on Indigenous people, has always been a driving motivation for me,” says Ellis. “ If nothing else, I hope listeners learn that there is a way to be supportive of and enjoy Indigenous cultures without wearing it like some passing fad.”
What do some of the most prominent and successful Indigenous artists, leaders and professors have in common? They aren’t Indigenous.
There are hundreds of cases of Indigenous identity fraud that we know about, and likely thousands that we do not. So why do these so-called “pretendians” do it? How do they pull it off? And what happens when they are exposed?
In each episode of this riveting new podcast series, co-hosts Robert Jago (Kwantlen First Nation and Nooksack Indian Tribe) and Angel Ellis (Muscogee (Creek) Nation) reveal unbelievable stories of audacious fraudsters and investigate the complex phenomenon of Indigenous identity theft.
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so my aunt took a dna test. she's half Mexican Indian. so do I claim I'm Indian
his absolute audacity!!! j'en reviens pas
That was a frustrating and infuriating interview done very well. His pivot to health issues when the questions got tough... smh
What's up with Lichisdik laughing at every damn thing? Does he think this shit is funny? Damn he's pathetic!
This poor town needs new life blown into it.
Very good podcast
Way too much content that's catered to wannabe journalists and writers in the GTA.
More podcast series like Thunder Bay and Dynasties please. Less podcast series that are aimed for Toronto journalists. We get way too much Canadaland produced content that is about the media business.
such an amazing podcast! I don't know how it took me so long to find it, maybe cuz we really don't talk about indigenous people's issues enough!
Ive lived between B.C. and the yukon in small towns for all of my life. Sadly these stories are all too common. In whitehorse, where i grew up, there are so many parralells to thunder bay it blows me away... If the creator of this podcast reads this, thank you for taking the time to tell these stories... too many just like them are never told. And the monsters continue to walk in plain sight.
the best podcast out there!
brilliant narration.
More purveyors of the climate scam. I love in Ontario and I want more pipelines. All the solutions to the hysteria are cheap, easy and simple to implement.
it has another dead indigenous 17 year old found dead.
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keep the truth coming!!!! We need to uncover the corruption!
very well done.
I'm sad this series is over. It's a really good podcast. Please please do update episodes or another podcast. Many interesting and important issues were discussed.
is there elements of Italian mafia up there? I drive through TBay all the time, I'm up there about once a week
subscribed and donating on Patreon! AMAZING 💓💓💓