Thread by @DarrylLeroux

About a year ago, @adamgaudry and I published an article that analyzed 2 organizations facilitating race shifting: "White Settler Revisionism and Making Métis Everywhere." Follow the thread for access to an important data source.

academia.edu/33742034/White…

I've since found an English-language translation of the brief that the (now) Métis Nation of the Rising Sun [sic] presented back in 2007 to the Bouchard-Taylor Commission arguing that there are no distinct Indigenous peoples in QC, only the "métis"! (4 pages of 6 attached).

The brief, presented to a public audience in Sherbrooke, starts by saying: "We present you this document as the only direct descendants of the First Peoples in QC, [...] whose members have been killed by microbial shock." #biologicalracism #raceshifting #selfindigenization

It goes on like this, painstakingly arguing that the Cree, Attikamekw, Mohawk, Algonquin, Mi'kmaq, Innu (etc.) in QC are not distinct peoples, and that the only distinct Indigenous people in the province is the "Québec Métis". #raceshifting #selfindigenization

It started out as a 9-person hunting rights organization (in June 2006) that morphed into a "métis nation" after the Powley decision. It now has over 20,000 members, a budget of over $300,000/year, and has 4 active court cases. #raceshifting

metisgaspesie.com/indexFr.php?la…

A number of academics have been involved in supporting its clearly racist efforts. According to the org's "grand chief" [sic], anthropologist Denis Gagnon, the ex-Canada Research Chair in Métis Identity (Saint-Boniface), paid for interviews with members to support their cause.

The organization was last in news when "grand chief" [sic] claimed that its members have been Aboriginal for 10,000 years, even though according to its history on its website, first "métis" was born 300 years ago. #raceshifting #selfindigenization

lechodelabaie.ca/paspeyas-autoc…