Abstract  This article examines the emergence and persistence of the so-called “GuriNgai” identity movement, as a case study in contemporary Indigenous identity fraud, settler conspirituality, and the performance of cultural authority. The GuriNgai are referred to as ‘so-called’ because this name has been self-assigned by individuals whose claims to Aboriginal ancestry have been consistently rejected … Continue reading The Vanishing Tribe Reimagined: The GuriNgai, Settler Desire, and the Performance of Indigeneity in Contemporary Australia