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    [–]yousaythosethings 14 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 0 fun15 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    My heart breaks for your boyfriend. To be denied a connection to his family and roots is cruel. I have experienced that as well, although my roots are not indigenous. For him to have to re-connect and wade through others' narcissistic noble savage/Orientalist style bullshit must intensify that pain in ways I cannot imagine. I am also reminded of a particularly vile and opportunistic man named Gwen Benaway who is an "activist and poet" who misappropriated both womanhood and indigenous Canadian heritage and even won awards for his poetry on being an indigenous woman.