The Piapot Family however said she was adopted into their family in the traditional way in a recent statement made to combat the allegations, which they called “hurtful, ignorant, colonial and racist.”

“We claim her as a member of our family and all of our family members are from the Piapot First Nation. To us, that holds far more weight [and financial gain] than any paper documentation or colonial record keeping ever could,” reads the Piapot family statement.

And there it is just like you said