Distorted Descent Biography Government officials and missionaries agreed

Government officials and missionaries agreed that in order to “civilize and Christianize” Aboriginal children

delves into the long-term effects of childhood trauma on those who attended residential school and demonstrates the power of story to help in recovery and healing

Wild Berries

John Kakekagumick

Distorted Descent Biography Government officials and missionaries agreedIn Distorted Descent: White Claims of Indigenous Identity, Darryl Leroux explores the specifics of a social phenomena a shifting of identity where otherwise white, French descendants in Canada identity as Indigenous based on their Indigenous ancestors born between 300 and 375 years ago and representing about 200 000 people. This book is therefore not about multi generational efforts of reconnecting with Indigenous kin and or reclaiming an Indigenous