Indigenous identity fraud intensified in the 20th century on California’s Central Coast — original homelands of the Chumash — motivated by a desire for attention, a need for cultural identity and the appetite for material gain.
By @dinagw.bsky.social & Allison Herrera; Illustrations: Ryan Redcorn
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The facade of the Red Wind commune - High Country News
There’s ongoing harm from Indigenous identity fraud.