Yes, and Europe has Jesus Christ and the numerous Saints who followed him. I'm always entranced when the priest turns bread & wine into the flesh & blood of the Lord. He said sarcastically. I take it you've not actually discussed your anthropological findings with any real First Nations member. 

Hal Niedzviecki, btw, is not in agreement with you. He's rather aghast at all the right wing nutjobs who are using this incident to peddle their hate and white privilege. He actually thinks Cultural Appropiation is real and harmful to indigenous people and people of colour.

There is no doubt in my mind that this editorial was a misguided attempt to rehabilitate Joseph Boyden without actually naming him. Unfortunately, one of the  indigenous authors in this issue of Write was Alicia Elliott who was writing about cultural expropriation. She also has had very strong opinions about Boyden's fraud.