MMF looking at options to combat `cultural theft’ of Indigenous identities

 By Dave Baxter  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter WINNIPEG, MAN.,- The Manitoba Metis Federation says Indigenous identity theft in Canada has become rampant and needs to be combated, as “cultural thieves” look to use fake Indigenous identities for personal gain. “We can no longer stand by and allow these cultural thieves and identity colonizers to get away with the damage they are doing to our peoples,” MMF President David Chartrand said in a Thursday media release. MMF announced Thursday they will join the Chiefs of Ontario (COO) to co-host an `Identity Summit,’ next month in Winnipeg aimed at “tackling the rampant identity theft faced by many Indigenous Nations in Canada today.” The summit will include expert panellists discussing the “true national scale” of collective Indigenous identity fraud and options for combating…

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