“Indigenous Ancestry Questioned”

Point of interest

Quote:

“Mr. Boyden, 50, won the Giller Prize in 2008 for Through Black Spruce, part of a trilogy that began with Three Day Road, about two Cree soldiers in the First World War.”

Explanation:

This book was priced so it means there’s a good research for write the novel, supporting the idea that even not being a native American, he can write about the identity , of aboriginal people because has good and objective information.

Point of Value

Quote:

“I once said that, ‘A small part of me is Indigenous, but it is a huge part of who I am,'”

Explanation: I really have a strong link with this sentence based on my personal experience, it’s quite different but I feel identify with it. My mum is from a beautiful city of Spain, Salamanca; and I always say I feel part of that city even because I have never lived there: because of their traditions, foods or people… which identify my self with them. But my mum always said I could not say I was from that city, even I have family from there. It is quite different to this issue, but still I feel identify with it.

Point of Question

Quote:

“There’s a robust social phenomenon in our society at the moment whereby white Canadians with 200-and-300+-year-old Indigenous ancestry are claiming to be Indigenous,”

Explanation: I question which relation they have with the culture they are claiming for. I wonder if they have an education in those values and traditions. I also wonder what they know about the history of that nation or identity. They don’t give any other reason of why they identify as indigenous.

The final question:

Do you think Joseph Boyden should write stories about the Indigenous people of Canada? Why or why not? Post this final question on your blog.

I think he can write stories about native people because even not sharing  identity with them, he shows a good research with objective information with no stereotypes. I think both parts receive good feedback of his work, he learn more about his “past” and society has a clear vision of the history of this people.