From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Sacheen Littlefeather, Elizabeth Warren, Thomas King and others have grabbed recent headlines for what turned out to be unfounded or outright fraudulent claims to Native identity. The widespread issue ...

Drew Lafond is president of the Indigenous Bar Association. The recent trend of labelling people who fraudulently claim to have Indigenous ancestry “Pretendians” has spawned a particularly toxic, ...

Each December, the word of the year is announced by various sources. This year the Oxford dictionary has chosen the term ...

Crystal Semaganis has spent years tracking Indigenous identity fraud, determined to protect spaces and opportunities meant for Indigenous people. The 54-year-old's work has rarely felt more urgent ...

To mark Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Friday (September 30), national pubcaster CBC will feature Indigenous-led original programming showcasing First Nations, Métis, and Inuit ...

Native Canadian filmmaker and lecturer Drew Hayden Taylor, who is a self-proclaimed 'white passing' Anishinaabe man, has spent a lot of his recent years investigating those who lie about their ...

To the vast majority of Canadians, the concept of a "pretendian" — somebody who claims some Indigenous ancestry but is unable or unwilling to prove it — was a vague one, with Grey Owl possibly coming ...