Friday, May 15th, 2026
Pretendian News stories of Exploitation and Milestones in stopping the Grift:

BUFFY’s U OF T DEGREE REVOKED
https://www.ctvnews.ca/torotno/article/buffy-sainte-maries-honourary-university-of-toronto-degree-revoked

U OF T REVOKES HONORARY DEGREE FROM BSM
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/u-of-t-revokes-honorary-degree-buffy-sainte-marie-9.71999956

STATUS REVOKED FOR OVER 700 INNU WHO ARE CHALLENGING CANADA IN COURT
https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/indigenous-status-revoked-for-over-700-innu-who-are-challenging-canada-in-court/

A REPORT FROM THE OMBUDSMAN OF INDIGENOUS PROCUREMENT LAYS IT OUT
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/procurement-ombud-slams-indigenous-procurement-strategy-outcomes-in-shocking-report/

AFN CALLS FOR WITHDRAWAL OF MMF SELF-GOVERNMENT BILL C-21
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/afn-mmf-self-government-treaty-9.7174941

DARRYL LEROUX FILES FOR APPEAL IN DEFAMATION CASE
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/coupal-leroux-defamation-appeal-9.7170784

INDIGENOUS IDENTITY RESEARCHER LOSES DEFAMATION CASE IN SASKATCHEWAN
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/coupal-leroux-defamation-identity-9.7132040

DEFENCE FILED IN CASE OF ALLEGED INDIGENOUS IDENTITY FRAUD TO YUKON SUPREME COURT
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/crystal-semaganis-lawsuit-defence-9.7078483

BEVERLY SANTA MARIE STRIPPED OF HONORARY DEGREE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1X0Lj7YEMs
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/dalhousie-buffy-sainte-marie-degree-9.7053170

MCGILL’S INDIGENOUS VALIDATION POLICY
https://academica.ca/top-ten/reflection-on-mcgills-indigenous-validation-policy/

SCHOLAR CELESTE PEDRI WEIGHS IN ON THOMAS KING
https://theconversation.com/thomas-king-as-we-learn-another-hero-is-non-indigenous-lets-not-ignore-a-broader-cultural-problem-270773

UNIVERSITIES WORK TOWARD INDIGENOUS IDENTIFICATION POLICIES IN THE WAKE OF THOMAS KING
https://theconversation.com/universities-work-towards-indigenous-identity-policies-signals-difficult-conversations-271074

THOMAS KING AND THE PROBLEM OF INDIGENOUS HEROES FROM THE TYEE
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/12/01/Thomas-King-Problem-Indigenous-Heroes/

TORONTO SUN COVERAGE OF THOMAS KING
https://torontosun.com/entertainment/celebrity/author-thomas-king-not-indigenous

BBC COVERAGE OF THOMAS KING
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cze83804nyzo

WASHINGTON POST COVERAGE OF THOMAS KING
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/11/30/thomas-king-inconvenient-indian/

APTN COVERAGE OF THOMAS KING
https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/celebrated-inconvenient-indian-author-thomas-king-says-hes-not-indigenous/
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZWYNpM0IdkY

CBC COVERAGE OF THOMAS KING
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/niigaan-sinclair-thomas-king-9.6992087
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6993890
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6992651
https://www.cbc.ca/arts/commotion/jesse-wente-on-thomas-king-and-finding-hope-in-a-hard-moment-9.6997006
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6992592
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/thomas-king-daniel-heath-justice-identity-9.6992262

CTV COVERAGE OF THOMAS KING
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/celebrated-inconvenient-indian-author-thomas-king-says-hes-not-indigenous/
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/thomas-kings-revelation-he-is-not-indigenous-sends-ripples-through-culture-sector/
https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/video/2025/11/25/celebrated-author-thomas-king-finds-out-that-hes-not-indigenous/

WINNIPEG FREE PRESS COVERAGE OF THOMAS KING
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/books/2025/11/24/the-inconvenient-truth-thomas-kings-admission-he-isnt-cherokee-hits-hard

GLOBAL COVERAGE OF THOMAS KING (THEY GOT IT RIGHT)
https://globalnews.ca/video/11550135/book-opera-production-cancelled-after-thomas-king-reveals-he-is-not-indigenous
https://globalnews.ca/video/11543955/inconvenient-indian-author-thomas-king-reveals-he-has-no-indigenous-roots

NATIONAL POST COVERAGE OF THOMAS KING
https://nationalpost.com/news/thomas-king-author-not-indigenous

GLOBE AND MAIL ANNOUNCEMENT BY THOMAS KING
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/books/article-thomas-king-cherokee-ancestry-genealogy/
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-thomas-king-storytelling-feels-like-a-betrayal-cherokee/

THOMAS KING IS NOT CHEROKEE
https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/thomas-king-who-built-prolific-career-telling-indigenous-stories-reveals-he-is-not-part-cherokee/article_8edcc604-0d09-4cdf-8fb5-e5978eac1815.html

UNIVERSITY ACQUIRES STOLE TO SIGNIFY INDIGENOUS IDENTITY
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/university-regina-chancellor-cadmus-delorme-indigenous-identity-9.6976311

MNO MEMBER ATTEMPTS TO USE GLADUE IN SENTENCING FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT
https://www.midlandtoday.ca/court/former-penetang-mayoral-candidate-gets-house-arrest-for-sexual-assault-11470328

NUNATUKAVUT ART CEREMONY IN N.L. LEGISLATURE SPARKS CRITICISM FROM NUNATSIAVUT AND INNU NATION
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/cease-and-desist-nunatsiavut-innu-nation-1.7636048

BC OSTRICH FARM OVERTAKEN BY PRETENDIANS
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/sylix-chiefs-deny-cease-and-desist-9.6932136

PETITION ON PRETENDIANS GAINS TRACTION
https://www.midlandtoday.ca/local-news/pretendians-under-fire-as-petition-gains-traction-across-canada-11155270

ALGONQUIN ANISHNABEG NATION CONSIDERING LEGAL FIGHT AGAINST CITY OF OTTAWA OVER AOO DEVELOPMENT IN TEWIN
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/algonquin-tribal-council-ponders-constitutional-legal-fight-against-city-of-ottawa-over-tewin-9.6932082

TACKLING THE INDIAN ACT’S SECOND GENERATION CUT OFF
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/2nd-generation-cut-off-senate-committee-1.7653585

MEDIA MISSES THE POINT OF C SEMAGANIS BEING EXCLUDED FROM KAIROS BLANKET EXERCISE
https://www.timminstoday.com/local-news/first-nations-activist-excluded-from-metis-event-over-protest-concerns-11325567

WOMAN BEING SUED FOR MORE THAN 500K AFTER CALLING FOUR OTHERS “PRETENDIANS”
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/woman-being-sued-for-calling-four-others-pretendians-says-shes-protecting-identity/

PROTECTING IDENTITY
https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/woman-being-sued-for-calling-four-others-pretendians-says-shes-protecting-identity/article_ca13a3ac-53e2-5bb2-ae60-703c3a3fac8e.html

MOTHER, DAUGHTERS SUE WOMAN IN ONTARIO…
https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/mother-daughters-sue-woman-in-ontario-over-allegations-theyre-pretendians/

DNA AND INDIGENOUS ANCESTRY (OPINION)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/genealogical-indigenous-records-pretendian-1.7428671

ART INSTALLATION EXPLORES “PRETENDIAN”
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/six-nations-indigenous-art-exhibit-1.7597299

PRETENDIANS IN ACADEMIA
https://policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/06/pretendianism-universities/

CAN YOU BE SUED FOR SAYING SOMEONE ISN’T INDIGENOUS?
https://thewalrus.ca/can-you-be-sued-for-saying-someone-isnt-indigenous/

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FACES HUMAN RIGHT COMPLAINT OVER INDIGENOUS PROCUREMENT SYSTEM
https://globalnews.ca/news/11192495/federal-government-human-rights-complaint-indigenous-procurement-system/

RESPONSE TO THE GILL SISTER’S STORY FROM NUNAVUT
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/dismay-in-nunavut-as-daughter-in-inuit-identity-fraud-case-goes-public-with-her-story-1.7571836

THE CPAIN CALLED “BC METIS FEDERATION” ATTEMPTS TO SUE FOR RECOGNITION (BECAUSE SUING THE GOVERNMENT WORKED FOR THE QALIPU)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/canada-says-lawsuit-by-group-claiming-to-represent-b-c-métis-should-be-dismissed-1.7570622
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/bc-metis-federation-ubcic-1.7334090

CATHERINE BOIVIN JUDGEMENT
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/espaces-autochtones/2175534/allegation-diffamation-metis-catherine-boivin-isabelle-falardeau

FROM WINNIPEG AND THE INDIGENOUS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
https://www.indigenouschambermb.ca/2025/06/25/indigenous-identity-fraud-the-disturbing-case-of-an-emerging-trend/

GUIDE FROM THE ONTARIO HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION REGARDING FNIM HIRING
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/identity-fraud-indigenous-hiring-1.7564978

PRETENDIANS USE OF THE COLONIAL LEGAL SYSTEM
https://thewalrus.ca/can-you-be-sued-for-saying-someone-isnt-indigenous/

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY ON CAMPUS
https://macleans.ca/society/how-universities-can-address-false-claims-to-indigeneity/

POSITIVE MOVEMENT FORWARD ON GLADUE EXPLOITATION BY PRETENDIANS
https://edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/alberta-judge-rejects-robbers-indigenous-identity-claims-proposes-test-for-deciding-who-should-and-shouldnt-get-gladue-reports

FNIM IDENTITY FRAUD IN SUDBURY, ONTARIO - CAMBRIAN COLLEGE
https://www.sudbury.com/local-news/cambrian-college-profs-claims-of-indigenous-heritage-questioned-10674503

https://www.ctvnews.ca/northern-ontario/article/northern-ontario-college-employee-accused-of-indigenous-identity-fraud/?fbclid=IwY2xjawKVadJleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFGck00QlpDVG02UmNOQVdSAR7bmgPTXsK_0HaGzXl8Sf4t2FQarz7ktMMh-CrEBFmen2vokaWDdVwBx_5QeQ_aem_gQxXaD202KADLLfVbG_PjA

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/cambrian-college-pretendian-allegations-1.7536778

JUNOS CONSIDERING NEXT STEPS WITH BLUFFY
https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/article/junos-still-considering-how-to-best-proceed-with-sainte-maries-indigenous-wins/

BLUFFY STRIPPED OF ORDER OF CANADA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ykZYF6kMAw

METIS NATIONAL COUNCIL AND METIS PARTNERS EMBROILED IN LAWSUIT
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/mnc-mmf-lawsuit-audrey-poitras-1.7433283

CORRUPTION AND DISRUPTION AMONG THE METIS AS THEY SUE EACH OTHER
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/mnc-mmf-lawsuit-trial-begins-1.7430043

AUDITOR GENERAL STEPS IN TO THE ISSUE OF PRETENDIANISM IN INDIGENOUS PROCUREMENT
https://globalnews.ca/news/10901789/auditor-general-probes-indigenous-procurement/

GHOST WARRIOR SOCIETY CALLS FOR DETERRENCE FOR PRETENDIANS IN INDIGENOUS PROCUREMENT
https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2024/11/28/we-need-deterrence-indigenous-researcher-tells-mps-boissonnault-should-be-kicked-from-liberal-caucus/443560/

RANDY BOISONEAULT APOLOGIZES
https://globalnews.ca/news/10872159/cabinet-minister-randy-boissonnault-apologizes-indigenous-identity-claims/

RANDY BOISSONEAULT’S CLAIMS SCRUTINIZED
https://globalnews.ca/news/10879644/randy-boissonnault-out-of-cabinet/

PRETENDIANS IN INDIGENOUS PROCUREMENT
https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2024/10/17/mps-grill-pspc-officials-over-indigenous-procurement-issues/438330/

CREE LAWYER CALLS FOR FNMI IDENTITY FRAUD AUDIT IN GOVERNMENT
https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/cree-lawyer-calls-for-police-to-investigate-claims-of-indigeneity-at-the-heart-of-the-government/

FINALLY, CONSEQUENCES FOR FNMI IDENTITY FRAUD
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/boissonnault-leaves-cabinet-1.7388674

SIXTIES SCOOPERS AND PRETENDIANISM  
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/60s-scoop-identity-fraud-1.7350238

PRETENDIANS AND PUBLICATIONS
https://yellowheadinstitute.org/report/pretendians-and-publications-the-problems-and-solutions-to-redface-research/

PRETENDIANS IN POST SECONDARY
https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/macewan-university-indigenous-reconciliation-edmonton

INDIGENOUS PROCUREMENT NEEDS TO BE FNMI-LED WITH SHANNIN METATWABIN (THE FIGHT AGAINST CORPORATE PRETENDIAN GRIFT) https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-federal-procurement-program-indigenous-businesses/

INDIGENOUS PROCUREMENT AND HOW A TREATY NO 9 WOMAN WAS EXPLOITED BY CORPORATE CANADA (THE FIGHT AGAINST CORPORATE PRETENDIAN GRIFT) https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-ottawa-indigenous-program-contracts-misuse/

INDIGENOUS PROCUREMENT NOT AUDITED FOR ACCURACY (THE FIGHT AGAINST CORPORATE PRETENDIAN GRIFT)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/indigenous-business-procurement-committee-1.7362837

ITK LEADER NATAN OBED CALLS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY after NunatuKavut Pretendians rake in $74 MILLION
https://www.rcinet.ca/eye-on-the-arctic/2024/10/07/self-identifying-indigenous-group-got-74m-in-federal-cash-inuit-leader-wants-change/

KEEPING THE MNO/MNC DUMPSTER FIRE CONTAINED…
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/metis-outgoing-president-statement-1.7336370

A STORY ON ONE OF THE 300 and some FAKE METIS CLUBS IN CANADA
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/bc-metis-federation-ubcic-1.7334090

MÉTIS NATION OF ONTARIO AND THE MNC ARE KNOCKED DOWN A FEW KEY NOTCHES
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/metis-nation-saskatchewan-withdrawal-mnc-1.7328229

PRETENDIANS SHOULD NOT BE RECOGNIZED, we offer our support to the Innu Nation!
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/innu-nation-boycott-expo-labrador-1.7320119

QALIPU PRETENDIANS UPSET THE CASH FLOW RIVER IS NOW A TRICKLE
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nl-jordans-principle-parent-meeting-1.7322130

UNDERSTANDING THE ODD CLAIMS TO FNMI IDENTITY BY THE QALIPU
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/outintheopen/stranger-in-your-own-land-1.4407020/mi-kmaq-communities-divided-over-federal-government-s-qalipu-band-membership-decisions-1.4407060

PROOF THAT SELF-IDENTIFICATION IS BASICALLY, A TICKET TO EXPLOIT OUR RESOURCES
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/indigenous-identity-public-service-1.7254555

A CLOSER LOOK AT CARRIE BOURASSA’S OUTING FROM A RED RIVER PERSPECTIVE
https://theconversation.com/outing-a-pretendian-how-four-metis-scholars-redefined-indigenous-identity-policy-236755

A SCHOLAR’S VIEW FROM ALGONQUIN MATRIARCH AND ACTIVIST LYNN GEHL
https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/june-2024/canada-indigenous-identity/

PRETENDIANS AND THE LINK TO WHITE SUPREMACY
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/09/canada-first-nation-kawartha-lakes-validity

PRETENDIANS AND GLADUE (ALL MANNERS OF SETTLERS ARE GRIFTING)
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/robert-jago-the-violent-criminals-who-suddenly-identify-as-indigenous-once-in-prison

THE PRETENDIAN CRISIS - FROM CANADALAND
https://www.canadaland.com/podcast/988-the-pretendian-crisis/

BETTY NIPPI-ALBRIGHT CALLS FOR LEGISLATION TO COMBAT PRETENDIANISM
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/saskatchewan-government-pretendian-1.6772799

SASK MLA CALLS ON PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT TO VERIFY INDIGENOUS STATUS
https://www.ctvnews.ca/regina/article/pretendians-sask-mla-calling-on-provincial-government-to-verify-indigenous-status/

SLAP IN THE FACE: REACTION TO EMMY WIN FOR PRETENDIAN FILM
https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/slap-in-the-face-indigenous-womens-group-reacts-to-emmy-win-for-sainte-marie-film/article_e1d50878-5a2e-500f-a225-f14792c543a3.html

PROOF OF PERFORMATIVE RECONCILIATION (Please read our Blog Posts under GHOST BLOG)
https://globalnews.ca/news/10748642/indigenous-procurement-bunny-picture/

THE EXPLOITATION OF FNMI RESOURCES IS A GOVERNMENT ENDORSED GRIFT BY PRETENDIANS AND BOX TICKERS
https://globalnews.ca/news/10752630/auditor-general-considers-probing-indigenous-procurement/

FALSE INDIGENOUS IDENTITY CLAIMS AT QUEENS UNIVERSITY
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/queen-s-faculty-students-reeling-over-false-indigenous-identity-claims-1.6077341

FIRST NATIONS UNIVERSITY ON CITIZENSHIP FORUM
https://www.ctvnews.ca/regina/article/first-nations-university-hoping-to-lead-conversation-on-indigenous-identity-fraud-with-citizenship-forum/

SENATOR SHEDS LIGHT ON INDIGENOUS IDENTITY THEFT
https://www.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg/article/senator-says-more-awareness-needed-of-invisible-crime-of-indigenous-identity-theft/

MICHELLE HEYOKA’S IDENTITY UNDER FIRE
https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/indigenous-concert-in-vancouver-cancelled-over-questions-about-performers-identity-claims/

METL’S CLAIM TO INDIGENOUS IDENTITY QUESTIONED
https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/ubc-faces-criticism-for-handling-of-indigenous-identity-case/