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Mikinaks, Lise Brisebois
educatedindian:
She's left the group and is now making vague claims of persecution.
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/fake-indian-founder-of-self-proclaimed-mikinak-indigenous-
'Fake Indian': Founder of self-proclaimed Mikinak Indigenous group harassed over status card
Lise Brisebois no longer with group, but says she's had threats after receiving Indian status card
Jaela Bernstien · CBC News · Posted: May 18, 2018 6:07 PM ET | Last Updated: May 18
The former chief of the Mikinaks, a self-proclaimed Indigenous community that gained infamy in 2016, is now fending off threats and online harassment because she's received Indian status.
Lise Brisebois said all she wants is peace, but her notoriety for founding the so-called Mikinak community makes it difficult to escape attention.
Earlier this month, she learned that someone had shared a photo of her status card on Facebook, ridiculing her.
?"They say that I'm not an Indian. That I'm a fake Indian," Brisebois said.
"I had to disconnect my home phone because I was receiving threats ... And they write me privately [on Facebook] and they call me all sorts of names."
When Brisebois read one comment suggesting that someone should "finish her," she said she reported it to the Kahnawake Peacekeepers.
"I said I want it to stop. I want them to stop saying mean things to me."
Brisebois first grabbed headlines in 2016 when she founded the Mikinaks, under the Confederation of Aboriginal Peoples of Canada.
At the time, Montreal-area Mohawk leaders blasted the new group, calling it "nothing but lies" and an attempt to evade taxes.
Brisebois said she later severed ties with the group, and no longer calls herself their chief.
"I have had a lot of heartache. And now it's anger," Brisebois told CBC News, saying she was fooled into trusting the wrong people.
Brisebois closed that chapter, but continued to pursue her status.
"Why is it important to have my status? It's not just for me. It's for my ancestors too, so that they'll be recognized."
She said her grandmother's first husband was Indigenous, but when he died and she remarried a non-Indigenous man, her grandmother lost her status.
This fall, when Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada recognized that lineage, Brisebois found herself in the middle of controversy once again.
Though Brisebois says her background is Algonquin, the government registered her on the band list of the Mohawk community of Kanesatake — just west of Montreal — because her grandparents apparently once lived in the area.
It's a decision that Ottawa has no right to make, according to Grand Chief of the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake.
"The federal government, in its paternalistic policies, is determining who is a member of my community. Instead of us doing that for ourselves," said Grand Chief Serge Simon.
Simon said the Mikinaks threaten his community's membership, culture and standing in the world.
"These are not native people with a little non-native blood. These are non-natives, with just a little bit of native blood. There's a difference," Simon said....
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--- Quote from: educatedindian on May 21, 2018, 12:47:34 am ---http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/fake-indian-founder-of-self-proclaimed-mikinak-indigenous-
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The link has been cut off and does not work. Here is the complete URL:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/fake-indian-founder-of-self-proclaimed-mikinak-indigenous-group-harassed-over-status-card-1.4668903
Sparks:
--- Quote from: Defend the Sacred on July 14, 2016, 05:35:34 pm ---http://www.akwesasne.ca/node/808 Mohawk Council Of Akwesasne Does Not Recognize Newly Formed "Mikinak Tribe"
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That link now yields "404: Page not found", and searching the domain does not give any hits. I found the exact quote here:
http://www.ilrtoday.ca/mohawk-council-of-akwesasne-does-not-recognize-newly-formed-mikinak-tribe/
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--- Quote from: educatedindian on March 11, 2018, 03:01:32 pm ---http://muskratmagazine.com/rampant-settler-self-indigenization-poses-threat-indigenous-peoples/
In an alarming new research paper, titled “White Settler Revisionism and Making Métis Everywhere”, Gaudry and Leroux describe the tendency for Canadians to identify as Indigenous based on distant ancestors uncovered through genealogical records. This process, which disregards kinship and the lived experiences of Indigenous peoples is referred to as ‘settler self-Indigenization’. The authors also identify several self-identified “Métis” organizations which have sprung up in areas where no Métis communities were historically present. These organizations have replicated colonialism by advocating publicly against the rights and interests of local Indigenous peoples …
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As noted at the end of that article, these are the sources, well worth reading (downloadable PDF) and listening to (45 minutes audio):
https://www.academia.edu/33742034/White_Settler_Revisionism_and_Making_M%C3%A9tis_Everywhere
http://mediaindigena.libsyn.com/ep-72-white-settler-revisionism-and-making-mtis-everywhere-pt-1
Sparks:
--- Quote from: Defend the Sacred on July 14, 2016, 05:56:47 pm ---MCK sends letter to Indigenous Affairs denouncing Mikinak of Beauharnois & Confederation of Aboriginal People of Canada
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The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke is prepared to work collaboratively with the Federal Government to determine a course of action that ensures the title and rights of the Mohawks of Kahnawà:ke are protected from the encroachment of fraudulent groups such as the Mikinak and Confederation of Aboriginal People of Canada," said Grand Chief Joe Tokwiro Norton. "We implore Canada to take swift and meaningful action to put a stop to these fraudulent groups before the situation grows any more contentious."
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I started a new topic about the Confederation of Aboriginal People of Canada:
http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=5490.0
[Heredity or hoax? About the Confederation of Aboriginal People of Canada]
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