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Nov 29, 2025 29 min

Who Gets to Be Indian?

from Talk Cocktail Hosted by Jeff Schechtman

In this recent California Sun podcast I talk with Dina Gilio-Whitaker, author of the new book “Who Gets to Be Indian?“ She explores how California became ground zero for Native American identity fraud — from Hollywood’s early film lots to today’s casino capitalism and tribal disenrollment crisis. All of it created the perfect conditions for “Indianness” to become commodified, challenging authentic tribal sovereignty and belonging across the nation. Get full access to Talk Cocktail Podcast at jeffschechtman.substack.com/subscribe

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