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Joseph Boyden (Personal life (Born on Halloween 1966, one of 11 siblings,…
Joseph Boyden
Personal life
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Got a mohawk during high school as a bid to be expelled from his strict Catholic school, Brebeuf College School in North York because it was named after Jean de Brébeuf who was against natives
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Self proclaimed métis
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His uncle Erl. Joseph claimed to be a Mohawk and lived his life as "Injun Joe" in a teepee and sold his crafts to tourists. Joseph Boyden who was at the time a teenager believed that he was Mohawk. Erl later admitted having no native blood.
some believe in self-indentification. That if Joseph Boyden claims to be indigenous, that society must accept his claim. Others believe that you can't just claim to be indigenous, that first nation is about the relationship to the land and the people.
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Born on Halloween 1966
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Family grew up in Willowdale, (North Toronto, Ontario)
Music
Went on tour with his punk band in the U.S, living on the road during the trip.
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