Celebrated artist says he’s Indigenous and a Sixties Scoop survivor. His family says he isn’t
A celebrated artist in Kingston, Ont., who goes by an Ojibway name and is known for paintings on Indigenous themes has been making inaccurate claims for decades about being Indigenous and a Sixties Scoop survivor, according to family, members of 11 First Nations and other close acquaintances.
… But those who know Blanchard, including his ex-wife and brother, tell CBC he is not who he claims to be.
“My family is white,” said one of the artist’s brothers, Allen Blanchard, who describes his family’s ancestry as primarily Norwegian, English, with some French.
