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Métis Imposter

Métis Imposter Honoré Jaxon: Prairie Visionary Donald B. Smith Coteau Books 294 pages, softcover ISBN 9781550503678

A white Ontarian assumed Métis identity and convinced many, including himself.

Honoré Jaxon: Prairie Visionary is the third in a series of detailed and nuanced biographical works about "Prairie Imposters" by University of Calgary historian Donald Smith. It follows earlier books on Grey Owl and Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance, both of whom made questionable claims to aboriginality Grey Owl, born Archie Belaney in Britain to British parents, made quite spurious representations, while Long Lance, being European, aboriginal and African American, had a more complex (un)truth ...

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