Chris Andersen is Michif (Métis) from Saskatchewan. He received his PhD from the University of Alberta, Department of Sociology, in 2005. Andersen is currently an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Native Studies, also at the University of Alberta, where he teaches Urban Aboriginal Issues and Identities, Aboriginal Gangs, the Colonialism of the Canadian Justice System, Métis Politics, and Introduction to Aboriginal Legal Issues. His research focuses on the (il)logics of Canadian state classifications of the Aboriginal category ‘ Métis'. Currently, he is completing two book manuscripts that take up the notion of indigenous authenticity in contemporary Canadian society. The first is, Mixed by Law: the juridical misrecognition of Canadian indigeneity, and the second is, From Nation to Population: the racialization of Métis in Canadian Census Making. He has also co-edited two books: Race and Racialization: Essential Readings. Toronto: Canadian Scholar’s Press (2008), and The indigenous experience: global perspectives. Toronto: Canadian Scholars' Press (2006). His scholarly articles appear in the following journals: Nations and Nationalism; Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology; Junctures; and Crime, Law and Social Change. He also has chapters in the following edited collections: Canada, State of the Federation: 2003 (2005); Expressions in Canadian Native Studies (2000); and Indigenous Identity and Resistance (forthcoming).