Posted on 01/01/2022 10:00:00 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
They’re coming for white lies.
A list of allegedly fake Native Americans has begun circulating in tribal and academic circles, accusing 195 people of falsely claiming an Indian identity for personal gain.
The “Alleged Pretendians List” is the creation of Jacqueline Keeler, a Native American writer and activist who has spent years busting fakers in politics and academia.
“Everyone on this list has made public claims through interviews, in books authored, documentaries, and even in Congressional testimony. They are also all monetizing their claims. These are not privately-held beliefs,” reads her introduction. “We will release the names and findings of all those who are found to have no relation to the American Indian tribe they claim in the United States.”
The list is a hodgepodge, with some entries containing detailed genealogical records to back up the claims, while others offer little beyond Keeler’s j’accuse. The list contains both those being probed and those who have already been disavowed by tribes they claim affiliation with.
The list includes well-known imposters and claimants like Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Johnny Depp, but also less well-known figures in media and the arts.
Nadema Agard, a New York City visual artist who claims Lakota, Cherokee, and Powhatan ancestry, is named. Keeler insists Agard’s heritage traces itself back to Barbados and showed genealogical records which she said backed up the assertion.
Agard denied faking her ancestry and called the allegations from Keeler a “witch-hunt,” and sent her own slew of documents which she said backed up her claim.
Many of the accused sit in prestigious academic perches. Dartmouth’s assistant undergraduate dean, Susan Taffe Reed, is named. In 2015 Reed was forced out as director of the school’s Native American Program over allegedly faking membership in the Eastern Delaware Nations.
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Please tell me Elizabeth Warren is Numero Uno ...
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I’m a native American. I was born here.
I’m a Native American. My ancestors came across the sea bridge known as the Atlantic Ocean from Ireland. I was born in Ideal Hospital, Endicott, NY on a Saturday, on August 7 at 6:45 pm.
Born in time for a good Saturday night party!
scalp her!
A month ago I had never heard of Kelsey Chow or Kelsey Asbille or Monica Dutton, but now I think her saga will be a big story in 2022.
Well, if a man can claim to be a woman and society accepts it why can’ someone claim to be a Native American?
Because shut up.
There are NO native Americans. In fact there is no great ape that is native to the Americas. Homo Sapiens in particular only are native to either Africa or Southwest Asia, depending whether you’re an Evolutionist or a Creationist.
What was the name of that guy who pretended to be American Indian ,,, a liberal professor named Ward Something ???
That would be Ward Churchill, University of Colorado at Boulder.
Ward Churchill - I think he’s passed on to the counterfeit happy hunting ground. I could be wrong, if I am he’s been uncharacteristically quiet.
I see Cher is on the list.
Just like “vaccine”, “native” has lost its meaning.
Fake Native Americans, fake African Americans, and fake women. Maybe the solution is to remove the motive by treating all people the same instead of by mathematical distributions.
My parents bought me a wampum belt in Gatlinburg when I was about five years old. I’m pretty sure that makes me Cherokee by adoption. Does adoption count, or is based purely on racist premises?
Most of my family on both sides crossed the Atlantic 400 years ago.
Just about any people who have been around that long have gotten a little local action. So, there’s a little injun in me.
Never seemed to matter much to me though because I got where I ended up with natural work, ambition, and talent. I didn’t need family connections.
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