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[–]radicalcentristNational Centrism 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

There's just no consistency for this.

Take the Aboriginal Canadians for instance. There's no other place on Earth to actually import them, and yet their population has grown in recent years.

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/220921/dq220921a-eng.htm

The faster growth of the Indigenous population is generally attributed to higher birth rates, combined with changes in the way respondents answer the census questionnaire from one census to the next. In general, respondents have become more likely to identify as Indigenous over time. The reasons people are more likely to identify as Indigenous may be related to social factors and external factors, such as changes to legislation or court rulings. Also, past findings have highlighted a connection between having both Indigenous and non-Indigenous ancestry and response mobility.

Edit: To be fair, there could also be grifters who take advantage and claim to be a Native Indian. But that's another topic.