Kim TallBear On Pretendians

Today we hear from Dr. Kim TallBear, an Indigenous Professor of Native Studies at the University of Alberta and CRC in Indigenous Peoples, Technoscience and Society. She is an internationally renowned author and expert on issues related to Native identities, colonial concepts of race, and the ways in which science and tech interacts with our conceptions of society. She talks to use about the growing problem of pretendians. You can follow her on Twitter https://twitter.com/KimTallBear Her UofA website at https://kimtallbear.com Or her substack "Unsettle" at https://kimtallbear.substack.com You can also buy her book "Native American DNA: Tribal Belonging and the False Promise of Genetic Science" here: https://amzn.to/3AtMn49 LINK to the YouTube (video) version of this podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SntbS06i_5E - - - Hi! I'm Dr. Pam Palmater, an Indigenous lawyer, professor, author, and content creator. I create educational videos about Indigenous issues. Focusing on Native Politics, I help explain how state laws, policies, practices, and politics impact Indigenous peoples; as well as provide critical analysis of current issues facing First Nations in Canada and/or Native Americans in the USA. I am also the producer and host of the Warrior Kids Podcast – an award-winning children’s podcast which celebrates everything Indigenous, including languages, stories and cool people! https://soundcloud.com/warriorkidspodcast - - - FOLLOW ME ON TIKTOK https://www.tiktok.com/@pampalmater FOLLOW ME ON IG https://www.instagram.com/pam_palmater FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER https://twitter.com/Pam_Palmater FOLLOW ME ON TWITCH https://www.twitch.tv/pampalmater - - - Please note: Nothing in this podcast/video/stream advocates for violence on Indigenous territories. Please also note: The information contained in this podcast/video/stream should not be misconstrued as legal, financial, medical and/or personal advice; nor should it be relied on as such. These podcasts/videos/streams are for educational purposes and represent fair political comment. Any pictures, audio clips and/or video clips that do not belong to me or from the public domain, remain the copyright of the owners and are only used here for educational purposes. - - - If you would like more information about these issues, you can check out my website at: https://www.pampalmater.com This podcast is entirely listener supported, which helps keep my content entirely independent. If you would like to support my work, you can use any of the following apps to leave a tip, make a donation or subscribe monthly: Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/pampalmater Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/pampalmater Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/2144345 - - - MY BOOKS: Warrior Life: Indigenous Resistance and Resurgence by Fernwood Publishing: https://amzn.to/3lAleUk Indigenous Nationhood by Fernwood Publishing https://amzn.to/3R5iZqu Beyond Blood: Rethinking Indigenous Identity https://amzn.to/3xN1jcl NEW WARRIOR LIFE PODCAST MERCH: https://www.teespring.com/stores/warrior-life-2 Thank you for all your support!