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Research Needed / Re: Leah Yellowbird - Minnesota Artist
« Last post by Advanced Smite on February 04, 2025, 11:35:58 pm »I found a podcast in which Leah is significantly more forthcoming about her claimed background then in prior interviews. She claims to "hold a status card in Canada" and that she's "part Lebanese." This is a big find because it proves Leah has a tenuous relationship with the truth. Leah is NOT Lebanese...not even a tiny bit.
If Leah has a Canadian status card, why hasn't she been sharing that fact more openly? Through which tribe is she eligible for status? This is what a Canadian status card looks like: https://www.sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/1100100032424/1572461852643#s2-2. Leah lied about being Lebanese. Why wouldn't she lie about having Indian status in Canada?
If Leah has a Canadian status card, why hasn't she been sharing that fact more openly? Through which tribe is she eligible for status? This is what a Canadian status card looks like: https://www.sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/1100100032424/1572461852643#s2-2. Leah lied about being Lebanese. Why wouldn't she lie about having Indian status in Canada?
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Transcription begins around 7:30.
"I’m from a tribe in Canada. I’m also Metis, which is French Canadian-mixed-Indian, and I’m part Lebanese. It’s a very interesting mix. So, you know having the Hebrew part of it and then my father was non-Indian. So, I have this wonderful, beautiful mix of cultures all put together in who I am and I’m kind of lucky I get to pick and choose what works best for me from each one of– each one of these. My tribe is in Canada. So, I hold a status card in Canada. I don’t in the United States. But it doesn’t make me not an Indian in the United States, you know. Either you are or you aren’t, and for me, I’m an Indian."
Source: First Nations Algonquin-Metis and Anishinaabe Heritage with Leah Yellowbird, 2019
Direct Link: https://audio.holdenvillage.org/presentation/first-nations-algonquin-metis-and-anishinaabe-heritage-with-leah-yellowbird/