OTTAWA – The Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations says a lot of talk about the issue of so-called Indigenous identity fraud is based around apprehensions people have about the government defining who is — and who isn’t — a rights-holder.

“The notion of Indigenous identity is obviously very complicated and layered with many centuries of colonialism,” Gary Anandasangaree said in an interview Thursday.

"It really isn't the role of the federal government to define what an Indigenous person is, and who is not," Gary Anandasangaree said.{ai:summary}<p>Minister Anandasangaree discusses challenges of defining Indigenous identity amid concerns of government intervention. #society</p>

Government attempts to define Indigenous identity heightening fraud concerns, minister says

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