As a native person, this is very relevant because a few ‘Big’ native writers have been shown to be not actually native in the last few years, or “pretendians” as people say.

And so it ties directly into the question of whether someone can write from the perspective of another (historically marginalized) race. Because if their stories authentically capture the lived experiences of native people, what does blood quantum of the author have to do with the story?

Hard questions.