NAVAHOAX. Paper uncovers major literary hoax

LA Weekly ^ | Matthew Fleisher

[meandog]

Gay writer syndrome?

[.cnI redruM]

"Bareback Mounting"

[ClearCase_guy]

I'm going to write a story about my son. He is a Cherokee. His name is Tommy Make My Dad A Published Author.

[Revolting cat!]

That's the third one this month! See Bad Reporter's illustrated report.

[Darksheare]

" Tommy Nothing Fancy "??
Egads, as if that wasn't as much of a tipoff as the "Duke of Cleveland."

[Slings and Arrows]

I'm going to write about my experiences with the only Jewish Indian tribe - the Schmohawks.

[ikka]

Shades of Rigoberta Menchu ... the Left ws so in love with her, even though it has been proven she is a fake, that even now it is on some schools' reading list.

[VOA]

I, Rigoberta Menchu, LIAR!

Looks like fraudulent books based on Native-American characters are a staple
("The Education of Little Tree" in middle of article):
http://www.taemag.com/issues/articleid.16973/article_detail.asp

[nickcarraway]

What about the Iriq Oy!

[nickcarraway]

Fake by accurate?

[nickcarraway]

Yes, at least he could have claimed to be the Duke of Earl.

[Darksheare]

LOL.
Yeah!

[Slings and Arrows]

What about the Iriq Oy!

Maybe. And possibly that tribe of lawyers - the Sioux.

[VOA]

Just replace "west" with "academia"...

Ransom Stoddard: You're not going to use the story, Mr. Scott?
Maxwell Scott: This is the west, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.

source:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056217/quotes

[Paradox]

I read the whole article, quite long, but good. This guy gets a Freeperesque outing, big time. I wonder though, if Oprah will have him in her book club. I think this quote sums those people up:

“Basically his attitude was that it’s a great book and the art is more important than the truth.”

[MajorityOfOne]

Don't forget the legendary Moe the Navajo.

[Fatuncle]

Don't ignore that famous New Jersey tribe, the "(Where the)heckarewe?" immortalized in F Troop.

[Redbob]

Sounds like Ward Churchill isn't the only lunatic fraud out there.

[jocon307]

"His name is Tommy Make My Dad A Published Author."

ROFLMAO!!!!

[Old Professer]

Here we have a story of a terribly embarrassed elitist group who have been played for the suckers they truly are, crying foul while they continue to pander to the notion that there is something spiritual in the plight and history of the "oppressed."