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The senator did not shy from addressing the hypocrisy she perceives among political elites. She pointed out that the Indigenous acknowledgment, often portrayed as a traditional practice, is actually adopted from foreign contexts—namely Canada and America—and is thus a reinvention that belittles authentic culture. She criticized the tendency of politicians to romanticize Indigenous communities while ignoring the serious social problems they face, which are exacerbated by traditional cultural practices.