This article is about the documentary film. For people who falsely claim an Indigenous identity, see pretendian.
2022 Canadian film
The Pretendians
Directed by
Drew Hayden Taylor Paul Kemp
Written by
Jonathan Baltrusaitis Paul Kemp Drew Hayden Taylor
Produced by
Paul Kemp
Starring
Drew Hayden Taylor
Cinematography
Sara Cornthwaite Tim Hutchison A.J. Leitch
Edited by
Jonathan Baltrusaitis
Music by
Kevin Swartz
Production company
Paul Kemp Productions
Distributed by
CBC Television
Release date
September 30, 2022 (2022-09-30)
Running time
44 minutes
Country
Canada
Language
English
The Pretendians is a Canadian television documentary film, directed by Drew Hayden Taylor and released in 2022.[1] The film explores the issue of people falsely claiming Indigenous status despite a lack of any documented First Nations, Métis or Inuit heritage, covering the issue from a variety of facets including the production of fake Indigenous art and the efforts to track down a significant false claimant of Indigenous identity who has resisted any efforts to confront him on it.[2]
The film debuted on September 30, 2022, as an episode of The Passionate Eye.[2]
The film won the Donald Brittain Award for best social or political television documentary at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023.[3]
^Haley Lewis, "What are ‘pretendians’ and how are they causing ‘severe harm’ to Indigenous communities?". Global News, March 9, 2023.
^ abBlair Ingenthron, "CBC to Air THE PRETENDIANS This Week". Broadway World, September 25, 2022.
^Jackson Weaver, "To Kill a Tiger, We're All Gonna Die and BLK emerge as top winners at CSAs' opening night". CBC News, April 11, 2023.
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a pretendian, here it is "Kaya Jones: The "Apache" Native American Ambassador For Trump". Stop Tribal Genocide. December 26, 2017. Archived from the original...
obscure the fact that American Indians have not only a cultural relationship to a specific tribe and the United States but a legal one. Pretendians rarely...
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Criminalizing 'Pretendians' Is Not the Answer; We Need to Give First Nations Control over Grants." Archived November 8, 2023, at the Wayback Machine...
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any of the attendant hardships or oppression. In the Eastern United States, in particular, pretendians are common. Some tribes have adopted blood quantum...
Investigates: Cowboys and Pretendians". Aboriginal Peoples Television Network. Retrieved July 8, 2021. Canada's most famous pretendian is a man who called himself...
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America Pretendian Religion in Black America Hauck, Grace. "Jersey City shooting: Who are the Black Hebrew Israelites?". USA Today. Archived from the original...
Pretendian, the phenomenon of false claims of Native American ancestry "Is Forrest Carter Really Asa Carter? Only Josey Wales May Know for Sure". The...
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who falsely claim to be American Indians are often referred to as "Pretendians". The organization conducts lengthy and detailed investigations, using certified...
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