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Volume 71,No 1

Current Issue - January 2026

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[MLJ Shorts] Defining Indigeneity: Law, Fraud, and the Future of Self-Identification

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28 Apr 2026

Alongside renowned Kahnawà:ke Mohawk activist and scholar Taiaiake Alfred, 1L MLJ Podcast Committee members Aaminah Qureshi, Mia Kruger and Tarek Maussili discuss the pitfalls of “pretendianism”—the phenomenon of non-Indigenous people misappropriating Indigenous identities. Their conversation includes reflections on modes of Indigenous self-identification, and on the material harms of opportunities for Indigenous communities being misallocated.

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