The "Pretendian" Long Con (ENCORE)
Episode description
What happens when someone who built their career on being Indigenous turns out to be ... a white lady? Award-winning writer and reporter Michelle Cyca shares how she came face to face with Indigenous identity fraud, why academia and the arts have a 'Pretendian' problem and what these scams means for Indigenous rights and sovereignty.
**This episode originally aired on January 31, 2023**
Read Michelle's MacLean's cover story, The Curious Case of Gina Adams: A "Pretendian" Investigation
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