Post by abbey1227 on Jun 1, 2021 3:16:58 GMT
Family of professor who claimed to be Cherokee says she is NOT Native American and STILL has a job at U. of California 14 years after her race faking was first uncovered
Daily Mail
Andrea Smith had told friends her mother and grandparents were Oklahoma Cherokee and her dad was Ojibwe; doubts over these claims were raised in 2007
Cherokee academic Steve Russell then questioned her claims again in 2008
Later that year Smith got a new job at at the University of California as an assistant professor; she no longer identified as Cherokee in her official bios
But she used the identity in interviews and lectures, according to reports
Then in 2015 after former NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal admitted she was a white woman pretending to be black more questions were asked of Smith
Now The New York Times magazine reports how she did not lose her job and have detailed research which shows how her ancestry is not Cherokee
A relative on her father's side confirmed he was not Ojibwe
A relative on her mom's side said she had never identified as Native American
Cherokee academic Steve Russell then questioned her claims again in 2008
Later that year Smith got a new job at at the University of California as an assistant professor; she no longer identified as Cherokee in her official bios
But she used the identity in interviews and lectures, according to reports
Then in 2015 after former NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal admitted she was a white woman pretending to be black more questions were asked of Smith
Now The New York Times magazine reports how she did not lose her job and have detailed research which shows how her ancestry is not Cherokee
A relative on her father's side confirmed he was not Ojibwe
A relative on her mom's side said she had never identified as Native American
The family of a professor who claimed to be Cherokee has said she is not Native American after it was revealed she is still working at the University of California - 14 years after her ancestry was first questioned.
Andrea Smith, a noted scholar in Native American studies who grew up in Long Beach, California, had told friends her mother and grandparents were Oklahoma Cherokee and her dad was Ojibwe.
She started the Chicago chapter of the Women of All Red Nations with her sister Justine in the 1990s. Smith even called out white feminists for 'opting to become' Native American in a 1991 essay.
But in 2007 officials from the Cherokee Nation began probing her claims.
Then in 2008 Cherokee academic Steve Russell questioned her claims in an article called 'When does ethnic fraud matter?'
Andrea Smith, a noted scholar in Native American studies who grew up in Long Beach, California, had told friends her mother and grandparents were Oklahoma Cherokee and her dad was Ojibwe.
She started the Chicago chapter of the Women of All Red Nations with her sister Justine in the 1990s. Smith even called out white feminists for 'opting to become' Native American in a 1991 essay.
But in 2007 officials from the Cherokee Nation began probing her claims.
Then in 2008 Cherokee academic Steve Russell questioned her claims in an article called 'When does ethnic fraud matter?'
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