Really sharp thoughts here on why First Nations identity can't be settled by DNA: https://storify.com/mattmcfar/kim-tallbear …
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Root error is thinking of native tribes as biological entities rather than nations. They were & are nations & as such genetically diverse.
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A candidate endorses torture, mass deportation & violence & a nation's transfixed by DNA? How very retro-Aryan this all feels.
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There is also the matter of how the victorious tribe often took females from a vanquished tribe as wives.
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