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“What happens when someone overtly steals something from you, like your lands, your culture or the identity that’s yours?” asked Tamara Bell on Monday.
Tamara Bell is from the Raven Clan, Haida Nation
The Haida filmmaker launched a campaign on Jan. 18 for Canada to create legislation to stop a longstanding trend: People fraudulently claiming Indigenous identity to gain funding or opportunities.
The proposal comes one month after acclaimed filmmaker Michelle Latimer resigned from the CBC television series Trickster in December. She has been accused of not being Algonquin or Metis as she has claimed for decades.
David P. Ball, Local Journalism Initiative
Haida filmmaker Tamara Bell announces her campaign for a proposed Indigenous Identities Act outside Vancouverâs Native Education College on Monday, Jan. 18, 2021.
Image Credit: David P. Ball, Local Journalism Initiative January 20, 2021 - 8:00 PM Haida filmmaker Tamara Bell launched a campaign this week to convince the federal government to create legislation to stop a longstanding trend: People fraudulently claiming Indigenous identity to gain funding or opportunities. “What happens when someone overtly steals something from you, like your lands, your culture or the identity that’s yours?” Bell said, Jan. 18, as she announced the campaign for an Indigenous Identities Act outside Vancouver s Native Education College.
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