https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11596179/Co-founder-queer-Indigenous-artists-collective-Wisconsin-unmasked-white-woman.html
Co-founder of queer Indigenous artists' collective in Wisconsin is unmasked as a WHITE woman - after claiming she was Native American and two-spirit
Kay LeClaire, who went by Nibiiwakamigkwe has claimed to be Native American
Hobbyist genealogist AdvancedSmite posted research on an online forum alleging that LeClaire has been profiting from Indigenous peoples
They has since released a statement saying that they are is not using the Ojibwe name given to them and are removing themselves from all positions and projects
...Snip... She has claimed Métis, Oneida, Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee, Cuban and Jewish heritage, but AdvancedSmite reportedly used online records and resources to find LeClaire's true lineage – German, Swedish and French Canadian."
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Too many Disney Cartoons growing up is my diagnosis!