January 7, 2017
Dear Teachers,
I know that some of you assign Joseph Boyden's Three Day Road to students in your high school classes. Some of you may be doing author studies of him. This letter and information I share beneath the letter, in two parts, is for you, and for anyone who is interested in discussions of Boyden's identity. It is an archive of items about Joseph Boyden's identity.
I'm a former school teacher, too. I particularly enjoyed reading aloud to the kindergarten and first graders I taught in the 90s, and teaching kids about the authors and other books they wrote. I'm not teaching anymore. Now, I research and write articles and book chapters about the ways Native peoples are depicted in children's and young adult books. And, I publish this site, American Indians in Children's Literature, which is now in its eleventh year.
In 2014, I learned about a writer named Joseph Boyden. A novel he'd written, The Orenda, was in Canada Reads, which is an annual battle-of-the-books competition. The Orenda was being defended by Wab Kinew. I'd become familiar with Kinew's work via social media. Always on the look-out for books I can recommend, I looked into Boyden and saw that his first book, Three Day Road was in the Canada Reads competition in 2006, when it came out. He was being put forth as a Native writer. I got Three Day Road. I was drawn into the story and thought I might write about it here on AICL. I wanted to know more about Boyden. So, I read Hayden King's review of Orenda. He had concerns with Boyden's depictions of the Haudenosaunee. I started looking around some more and talking with colleagues. I learned that there were a lot of questions about Boyden's claim to Native identity. What I saw was enough for me to set aside Three Day Road. I didn't finish it and didn't write about it.
On December 22, 2016, I saw a series of tweets from the IndigenousXca account. That week, the IndigenousXca host was Robert Jago. I learn a lot by following that account. Each week, there's a new host. I was the host in March. Jago's tweets that night were about Joseph Boyden's identity. The next day, Jorge Barrera, a reporter with Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, published a news article about Boyden. Jago and Barrera's work prompted many discussions on social media, and, many more articles and news segments.
This "Dear Teachers" letter is a place for me to archive what I've seen about Boyden and identity.
Part One of my archive started as a thread on Twitter that I added to whenever I saw something that added to the discussion. Rather than re-create the thread, I'm pasting it directly from a Storify I did. I hope that all the links work, though some may not. People delete tweets, and sometimes their entire account. Beneath the Storify is part two.
Part Two is items I'm entering as I see them. It is "in process" -- because new items are published in the media, or on social media (primarily Facebook and Twitter), almost daily.
I hope it is useful. If you see something somewhere that you wish to share, please submit it via the comments option at the bottom.
Thank you,
Debbie Reese
American Indians in Children's Literature
Part One: A Storify by @debreese, from Dec 24, 2016 through Jan 3, 2017 (apologies for formatting errors that occurred when I pasted the storify)
Dear Teachers,
I know that some of you assign Joseph Boyden's Three Day Road to students in your high school classes. Some of you may be doing author studies of him. This letter and information I share beneath the letter, in two parts, is for you, and for anyone who is interested in discussions of Boyden's identity. It is an archive of items about Joseph Boyden's identity.
I'm a former school teacher, too. I particularly enjoyed reading aloud to the kindergarten and first graders I taught in the 90s, and teaching kids about the authors and other books they wrote. I'm not teaching anymore. Now, I research and write articles and book chapters about the ways Native peoples are depicted in children's and young adult books. And, I publish this site, American Indians in Children's Literature, which is now in its eleventh year.
In 2014, I learned about a writer named Joseph Boyden. A novel he'd written, The Orenda, was in Canada Reads, which is an annual battle-of-the-books competition. The Orenda was being defended by Wab Kinew. I'd become familiar with Kinew's work via social media. Always on the look-out for books I can recommend, I looked into Boyden and saw that his first book, Three Day Road was in the Canada Reads competition in 2006, when it came out. He was being put forth as a Native writer. I got Three Day Road. I was drawn into the story and thought I might write about it here on AICL. I wanted to know more about Boyden. So, I read Hayden King's review of Orenda. He had concerns with Boyden's depictions of the Haudenosaunee. I started looking around some more and talking with colleagues. I learned that there were a lot of questions about Boyden's claim to Native identity. What I saw was enough for me to set aside Three Day Road. I didn't finish it and didn't write about it.
On December 22, 2016, I saw a series of tweets from the IndigenousXca account. That week, the IndigenousXca host was Robert Jago. I learn a lot by following that account. Each week, there's a new host. I was the host in March. Jago's tweets that night were about Joseph Boyden's identity. The next day, Jorge Barrera, a reporter with Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, published a news article about Boyden. Jago and Barrera's work prompted many discussions on social media, and, many more articles and news segments.
This "Dear Teachers" letter is a place for me to archive what I've seen about Boyden and identity.
Part One of my archive started as a thread on Twitter that I added to whenever I saw something that added to the discussion. Rather than re-create the thread, I'm pasting it directly from a Storify I did. I hope that all the links work, though some may not. People delete tweets, and sometimes their entire account. Beneath the Storify is part two.
Part Two is items I'm entering as I see them. It is "in process" -- because new items are published in the media, or on social media (primarily Facebook and Twitter), almost daily.
I hope it is useful. If you see something somewhere that you wish to share, please submit it via the comments option at the bottom.
Thank you,
Debbie Reese
American Indians in Children's Literature
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An Archive:
Joseph Boyden's Claims to Indigenous Identity
Part One: A Storify by @debreese, from Dec 24, 2016 through Jan 3, 2017 (apologies for formatting errors that occurred when I pasted the storify)
Joseph Boyden: Native? Or not?
On Christmas Eve 2016, Jorge Barrera of APTN published an article on Joseph Boyden's identity. I began tweeting my thoughts, and links to threads/posts/articles on Boyden. I'll add to this Storify as additional items appear. (Last update: Jan 1, 2016, 8:25 AM)
- Did you read @APTN article on Joseph Boyden's identity and are you seeking more rdgs to help you understand Native views on identity?
- This is, in kid/YA lit, what is called #OwnVoices. It gets very complicated, quickly, for many peoples, including us (Native ppl).
- Take a look at @justicedanielh's post at FB: https://www.facebook.com/daniel.justice.7393/posts/716714078504628?pnref=story …
- Here's the APTN article, for those who haven't seen it: "Joseph Boyden's Shape-Shifting Identity" http://aptn.ca/news/2016/12/23/author-joseph-boydens-shape-shifting-indigenous-identity/ …
- Read, listen, think, to what they're saying. See @apihtawikosisan's TL; here's two of her tweets: https://twitter.com/apihtawikosisan/status/812384479675371520 …
- See ongoing convo between @MrHWM, @Hayden_King, and @damienlee https://twitter.com/MrHWM/status/812657180922888193 …
- See Robert Jago's video (tweeting this week from @IndigenousXca) which kicked off the APTN article: https://twitter.com/IndigenousXca/status/812105288300056582 …
- Another person on Twitter who is tweeting about Joseph Boyden is Darryl Leroux. https://twitter.com/DarrylLeroux/status/812353859926577152 …
- Re ANPAO, @indiancountry, among others, has info on Jamake Highwater's fakery, here: https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/culture/arts-entertainment/fools-gold-the-story-of-jamake-highwater-the-fake-indian-who-wont-die/ …
- There's a lot of writing abt "Forrest Carter." I write abt him/EDUC OF LITTLE TREE at my site & link to others: … https://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/search?q=education+of+little+tree …
- Here's the article that says Joseph Boyden was working on a young adult book: http://bookcentre.ca/penguin_canada_publish_joseph_boydens_first_young_adult_novel_razorbill/ …
- Robert Jago has an opinion on Boyden, here (loaded on 12/24/16): http://www.canadalandshow.com/question-joseph-boydens-indigenous-ancestry/ … @IndigenousXca
- We need to acknowledge how problematic Boyden invoking an elder as retrospective proof of his indigeneity.
- The guy asserts he's 1/2 a dozen different kinds of Indian. If you've been adopted, great, but then that's your people.
- His invocation of an elder, who has passed, reeks of grasping at straws. Which is so despicable.
- The truth is that Joseph Boyden is the archetype of what white ppl want native ppl to be. He makes white ppl so comfortable. They love him.
- Still adding to my thread on Boyden. On Christmas Eve, he posted a response to APTN: https://twitter.com/josephboyden/status/812798846438928384 … pic.twitter.com/EjH0VYTsBN
- ...what's a poor bestselling author with a highly variable ancestral genealogy to do?
- Well one thing is clearer, even Boyden isn't claiming he's Metis anymore. There's consensus on that now.
- Giller Prize winner Joseph Boyden’s indigenous ancestry questioned /via @globeandmail http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/giller-prize-winner-joseph-boydens-indigenous-ancestry-questioned/article33429989/?utm_medium=Referrer:+Social+Network+/+Media&utm_campaign=Shared+Web+Article+Links …
- the ethical labour of some of NAIS's top scholars in writing this letter 18mon ago, seems especially apropos lately https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/news/opinions/open-letter-from-indigenous-women-scholars-regarding-discussions-of-andrea-smith/ …
- On Christmas Day (afternoon/evening) news outlets began to publish a short article, by Nicole Thompson: http://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/author-joseph-boyden-defends-indigenous-heritage-after-investigation-1.3217325 …
- On Christmas night, The Globe and Mail ran Sean Fine's more in-depth article on Boyden: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/giller-prize-winner-joseph-boydens-indigenous-ancestry-questioned/article33429989/ …
- Here's a news story re the Choctaw child with info you need, if you're going to be informed re identity: https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/news/native-news/icwa-lexi-to-remain-with-utah-family-in-appeals-court-ruling/ …
- He has an uncle who played Indian but denied being Indian. Indeed, as the @APTN article showed, that man delighted in fooling ppl.
- I linked to the ATPN article way back in this thread. Here it is again, for your convenience: http://aptn.ca/news/2016/12/23/author-joseph-boydens-shape-shifting-indigenous-identity/ …
- Here's a new thread from Robert Jago, who--this week--has been tweeting from @IndigenousXca. https://twitter.com/IndigenousXca/status/813236288983801857 … His first thread...
- ...on Boyden, claims to Native identity, and who can tell our stories, was on Dec 22nd from the @IndigenousXca acct: https://twitter.com/IndigenousXca/status/812095345912119300 …
- Yesterday, writer @aaronpaquette did a thread on Boyden's claims: https://twitter.com/aaronpaquette/status/813099748022484992 …
- Great collection of threads / current convo--just reading & listening, atm. h/t @debreese @apihtawikosisan @IndigenousXca@justicedanielh https://twitter.com/debreese/status/812673387415932929 …
- Last night, scholar and writer, @justicedanielh did an excellent thread in response to those who think that asking these questions...
- ... re Boyden and identity, is wrong. Here's @justicedanielh thread: https://twitter.com/justicedanielh/status/813270135674961920 … Also! Follow Daniel, and read his writings.
- I see, in this video from 2009, that high school students were assigned Boyden's THREE DAY ROAD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CbgGD16X_E …
- In an article, I saw that Boyden said Trump is a trickster. That led me to this: https://twitter.com/danrueck/status/796722282727096320 …, which is evidence that...
- That finally unraveled. Here's an article about her: https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/news/opinions/open-letter-from-indigenous-women-scholars-regarding-discussions-of-andrea-smith/ …
- The second was David Anthony Clark, who said he was Meskwaki (Sac and Fox.) Those two cases led us to write this: http://www.ais.illinois.edu/about/identity/
- Woah. Robert Jago pointed to a 2011 article where Boyden is talking about how he is two spirit.... https://twitter.com/IndigenousXca/status/813351440764796928 … pic.twitter.com/rbh0db4EAp
- Just saw @KimTallBear tweet this thread by a white woman, on Boyden: https://twitter.com/sarahshulist/status/813441234698014722 …
- Re Boyden, this is quite good: https://peggyblair.wordpress.com/2016/12/26/joseph-boydens-disputed-status-as-indigenous-spokesman-and-why-it-matters/ …
- Here's an example that @jeffdberglund shared earlier today. It is interview from 2005 where reporter said Mi'kmaq. https://twitter.com/jeffdberglund/status/813486325848424448 …
- This is the most painful thread on Boyden and his claims to Native identity, the ways he's been navigating... https://twitter.com/apihtawikosisan/status/813503205057449984 …
- The most recent major news media article on Boyden is by Tristin Hopper at The Province: http://www.theprovince.com/news/national/98do+think+crazy+horse+checked+warrior+status+cards+fight+over/12594059/story.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter …
- ... that suggestion shows ignorance on part of person making it. DNA testing will not help. Earlier today, @KimTallBear did a long...
- ... wouldn't help re Elizabeth Warren. Same holds true for Boyden: https://twitter.com/KimTallBear/status/813475847466319872 …
- TALES OF THE MIGHTY CODE TALKERS: … https://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2016/12/highly-recommended-tales-of-mighty-code.html …
- ...reading/thinking abt what I read as people weigh in or add to what they've previously said. Here's @innes_rob https://twitter.com/innes_rob/status/813532328538406912 …
- Here's @BigMMusings's thread: https://twitter.com/BigMMusings/status/813468583942651904 …
- Earlier in this long thread on Boyden, I pointed to @adamgaudry. Yesterday he took a look at Boyden's uncle, who Boyden references...
- ... a lot, as a means to prove his identity. @adamgaudry's TL on that uncle is excellent: https://twitter.com/adamgaudry/status/813591251547103232 …
- In response to Boyden's fans, @justicedanielh did a thread last night that I rec you read: https://twitter.com/justicedanielh/status/813581012827598848 …
- See, especially, @Hayden_King's critique: http://muskratmagazine.com/critical-review-of-joseph-boydens-the-orenda-a-timeless-classic-colonial-alibi/ …
- Earlier in this thread, I've pointed you to Chelsea Vowel's TL. I've learned a lot from. Get her book. http://www.portageandmainpress.com/product/indigenous-writes/ …pic.twitter.com/UA4VjcPRB9
- 12/28/16, morning: More to add to thread I started 5 days ago on Joseph Boyden. Here's Audra Simpson's comments: https://twitter.com/RedIndianGirl/status/813859775092035585 …
- ... of the APTN article on Boyden, the Litopedia team decided to share it. Here's the link: https://litopia.com/joseph-boyden-who-are-you-really/ …
- Here's a short thread @Litopia did when Boyden walked out of the interview: https://twitter.com/litopia/status/403532481489424384 …
- See @KimTallBear's thread as she listened to Boyden's interview: https://twitter.com/KimTallBear/status/813979845587849216 …
- I've also seen a lot of tweets from Ernie Cray. Last night, he was interviewed abt Boyden: http://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1024376&playlistId=1.3218874&binId=1.810401&playlistPageNum=1&binPageNum=1 … He's defending Boyden.
- Another thread to read/study (on Boyden) is this one, from @Kamayaam: https://twitter.com/Kamayaam/status/813764215534063618 …
- Earlier today, The Globe and Mail published @Hayden_King's opinion piece on Boyden: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/joseph-boyden-where-are-you-from/article33441604/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=Referrer:+Social+Network+/+Media&utm_campaign=Shared+Web+Article+Links …
- He wrote an open letter re investigation/firing of writer, Steven Galloway. @ZoeSTodd was interviewed abt it here: http://www.quillandquire.com/omni/qa-zoe-todd-on-rape-culture-canlit-and-you/ …
- Just saw that The Walrus has an article up now, about Boyden: https://thewalrus.ca/why-is-joseph-boydens-indigenous-identity-being-questioned/ …
- The editor at The Walrus really needs to do some reading. He could start with Kim @KimTallBear's thread: https://twitter.com/KimTallBear/status/814165113225834496 …
- In November, Boyden compared Trump to a trickster. He says some pretty messed up/ignorant things. pic.twitter.com/jzkaAJA5nf
- Here's the trump/trickster article if you want to see it: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/boyden-indigenous-innovation-summit-1.3844277 …
- Earlier today I pointed to an interview Ernie Crey did re Boyden. Here's a response to his points, from @ZoeSTodd: https://twitter.com/ZoeSTodd/status/814185179698888704 …
- And, looks like there will be a radio segment (or is it TV?) on Boyden tonight: https://twitter.com/LorenMcGinnis/status/814195607610888192 …
- No surprise to see "lynching' and "mob" used to describe Native ppl who speak up in defense of our nations. http://www.theglobeandmail.com//opinion/joseph-boydens-lynching-should-set-off-alarm-bells/article33444228/?cmpid=rss1&click=sf_globe …
- I wonder if Boyden read Yakabuski's opinion piece in Globe and Mail? http://www.theglobeandmail.com//opinion/joseph-boydens-lynching-should-set-off-alarm-bells/article33444228/?cmpid=rss1&click=sf_globe … If he did, is he nodding? Or cringing?
- I hope the Boyden fans read Dave Obee's "Boyden Should Clear Up Ancestry Claim." http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/columnists/dave-obee-boyden-should-clear-up-ancestry-claim-1.5600362 …
- Is any native man actually employed as a writer at the Globe, Star, Sun, or Post? https://twitter.com/genrysg/status/814464200714153986 …
- Three of the six controversies in young adult lit have problematic content abt Native ppl: https://www.bustle.com/articles/198750-the-worst-book-controversies-of-2016-and-what-to-read-in-response … @zlikeinzorro
- Here's the Bustle article on controversies in young adult lit. https://www.bustle.com/articles/198750-the-worst-book-controversies-of-2016-and-what-to-read-in-response … Three of the 6 are abt Native content.
- Long thread by @debreese on Native identity. https://twitter.com/debreese/status/812673387415932929 … Upshot: relevant Q not "what's your DNA?" but "what nation claims you?"
- The more I items I read abt Boyden, the more I cringe. See @duane_linklater's account here: http://www.duanelinklater.com/ This is 1st paragraph: pic.twitter.com/HZKN8fDIcM
- Who is asked to write abt Boyden, and why, is an imp aspect of this mess. @justicedanielh lays it out here: https://twitter.com/justicedanielh/status/814532448595738624 …
- A concise analysis of claims Joseph Boyden has made re his identity: http://www.canadalandshow.com/things-joseph-boyden-claimed-not/ … pic.twitter.com/nBpDYCDmGX
- Read Tabodondung's POV here: http://www.cbc.ca/1.3907253 and Yakabuski's here: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/joseph-boydens-lynching-should-set-off-alarm-bells/article33444228/ … Also, @globeandmail changed... pic.twitter.com/VNsEmoaiDO
- ... its headline. In original, they used "lynching" but have since taken it out. It still shows, tho, in the URL. pic.twitter.com/UVBoLXxORX
- Early today @tuckeve wrote to Globe and Mail about their use of "lynching" -- here's her tweet abt it: https://twitter.com/tuckeve/status/814484764254212097 …
- Another article on Boyden. I had to hit translate to read it. http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1008363/ecrivain-joseph-boyden-metisse-usurpateur-aptn-autochtone-metis … Cites @apihtawikosisan and @IndigenousXca
- @apihtawikosisan and @adamgaudry. See his newest thread: https://twitter.com/adamgaudry/status/814589995340234752 …
- This account re Boyden's research for THROUGH BLACK SPRUCE is hard to read: https://lennyshish.wordpress.com/2016/12/30/boyden-i-discovered-a-gold-mine-on-james-bay/ …pic.twitter.com/amu594hpQZ
- Do make sure you read Lenny Carpenter's post on Boyden. https://lennyshish.wordpress.com/2016/12/30/boyden-i-discovered-a-gold-mine-on-james-bay/ … Boyden saying he discovered a gold mine... WTF.
- Ah! Check out this article abt f'ed up headline in Globe and Mail abt Boyden being "lynched." https://www.pressprogress.ca/the_globe_and_mail_has_officially_published_canada_worst_headline_of_2016 … h/t @KimTallBear
- See this thread, from @FancyBebamikawe. Read with care, and think, about what she's saying: https://twitter.com/FancyBebamikawe/status/814621803842859008 … and then revisit...
- Here's his article: ttp://www.cbc.ca/1.3915934 Did you note @JordWheel's ref to his mom? I love her bks! … https://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2011/10/lesson-plan-where-did-you-get-your.html …
- I've seen tweets that q's re Boyden's claims may hurt those who were taken from family. This thread addresses that: https://twitter.com/CotySavard/status/814639276759531520 …
- Vice News Canada has an article up now, on Boyden: https://news.vice.com/story/controversy-over-canadian-author-joseph-boydens-indigenous-roots-isnt-about-blood … Cites @KimTallBear @aaronpaquette@rjjago
- Another article from Globe and Mail, about Boyden: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/why-the-facts-behind-joseph-boydens-fiction-matter/article33454930/?cmpid=rss1 … pic.twitter.com/vBZm4W5mf9
- In this article, https://news.vice.com/story/controversy-over-canadian-author-joseph-boydens-indigenous-roots-isnt-about-blood …, Frank Busch defends Boyden. Here is a response to Busch: https://twitter.com/RedIndianGirl/status/814878105764499456 …
- "What Colour is Your Beadwork, Joseph Boyden" asks @RMComedy: https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/what-colour-is-your-beadwork-joseph-boyden … Ryan McMahon's piece is one of the must-reads. pic.twitter.com/4soBGPsOMV
- Letter by @teikanewton "Here's how Joseph Boyden reinforced system oppression of First Nations." http://www.nationalobserver.com/2016/12/30/opinion/heres-how-joseph-boyden-reinforced-systemic-oppression-first-nations …pic.twitter.com/72I4MORGsJ
- Adding another thread by Dr. Chris Anderson (@BigMMusings) that breaks down the q's re blood/blood quantum & Boyden https://twitter.com/BigMMusings/status/814903632483287041 …
- PODCAST—Why 2016 a breakout year for empowering Indigenous media arts + activism; #JosephBoyden's identity questions http://mediaindigena.libsyn.com/ep-43-indigenous-look-back-at-2016-joseph-boydens-identity-questions …
- In addition to @CBCIndigenous articles on Boyden, take time to listen to radio interview with Rebeka Tabobondung: http://www.cbc.ca/listen/shows/as-it-happens/segment/11266887 …
- Yesterday, @aaronpaquette did a thread on the who-can-speak question, too: https://twitter.com/aaronpaquette/status/815015649055571968 …
- Tabobondung talked abt problems in interpretation of a community not ones own. Terri Monture's rev of Boyden's ORENDA...@RedIndianGirl
- gets at what Tabobondung was talking about: http://redindiangirl.blogspot.com/2013/09/in-which-i-review-joseph-boydens-orenda.html … @RedIndianGirl
- What Colour Is Your Beadwork, Joseph Boyden? https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/what-colour-is-your-beadwork-joseph-boyden … via @vicecanada
- Joseph Boyden: From Frying Pan to Fire | MELANIE LEFEBVRE #josephboyden #ubcaccountable #canlit https://melanielefebvre.com/2016/12/30/joseph-boyden-from-frying-pan-to-fire/ …
- 4:07, Jan 2, 2017: RT'ing items from Jan 1 and Jan 2, on Joseph Boyden, to add to the Storify I started on Dec 24th. Here's @RachelAnnSnow: https://twitter.com/RachelAnnSnow/status/815562677887995905 …
- My thoughts on the @josephboyden uproar for whatever it’s worth: https://dragswolf.org/journal/on-joseph-boyden …
- How #JosephBoyden ’s claims to Indigeneity affect us all via Ricochet https://ricochet.media/en/1609/how-joseph-boydens-claims-to-indigeneity-affect-us-all …
Part Two: (in process)
January 2, 2017
January 3, 2017
January 4, 2017
January 5, 2017
January 6, 2017
January 8, 2017
January 2, 2017
- Albert W. McLoad's letter in response to Boyden's definition of Two-Spirit
January 3, 2017
- Sadie-Phoenix Lavoie and Jacqueline Pellend, Joseph Boyden's Identity Crisis: Women's voices on determining identity at Deprogrammed
- Danielle Paradis, Joseph Boyden's indigenous controversy part of 'broader structural problem' at Toronto Metro
- Wab Kinew's There is room in our circle for Joseph Boyden at The Globe and Mail
January 4, 2017
- Wab Kinew, 'I think he should be completely upfront about his ancestry' at APTN
- Terry Glavin, The unbearable whiteness of Joseph Boyden's Aboriginal identity controversy at National Post
- Thohahoken, Boyden an example of how the winners get to write the history at Two Row Times
- Rachel A. Snow, Staying Silent at Two Row Times
January 5, 2017
- Terese Marie Mailhot's Tell Joseph Boyden You Can't Sell 'Indian' Like A Souvenir at Huffpost Canada
- Ryan McMahon, on Joseph Boyden: Two Worlds, Two Debates, at CanadaLand (also has links to items)
- Wab Kinew, Lee Maracle, and Kim TallBear on Indigenous identity and the case of Joseph Boyden on The Current, at CBC Radio
- Clayton Thomas-Muller and Mona Moquin, Indigenous identity panel at CBC InfoRadio
January 6, 2017
- Aaron Paquette's The Struggle for Joseph Boyden
- Marsha Lederman's Amid heritage controversy, heavyweights stand by Joseph Boyden in The Globe and Mail
- Editorial, The Spectator's View: In defence of Joseph Boyden at Hamilton Spectator
- Doug George-Kanentiio's Author Joseph Boyden exploits mythical Native identity at Indianz
- Daniel Heath Justice's thread on Twitter, starting at 12:58 PM
- Dawn Marie's storify, Things to consider on self-identification
January 8, 2017
- Stephen Kimber's Who is Joseph Boyden, and does the answer matter? in Halifax Examiner
- Zoe Todd's Métis legal traditions, reciprocity and the curious case of consumable identity