Distorted Descent: White Claims to Indigenous Identity traditional tales Hopkins learned to read and

Hopkins learned to read and write in an anglicized form of Dakota

and in English translation to create an invaluable resource for learning this cherished language

Anton Treuer has been at the forefront of the battle to revitalize Ojibwe for many years

" — Denise K

Distorted Descent: White Claims to Indigenous Identity traditional tales Hopkins learned to read andDistorted Descent examines a social phenomenon that has taken off in the twenty first century: otherwise white, French descendant settlers in Canada shifting into a self defined Indigenous identity. This study is not about individuals who have been dispossessed by colonial policies, or the multi generational efforts to reconnect that occur in response. Rather, it is about white, French descendant people discovering an Indigenous ancestor born 300 to