The Native Scholar Who Wasnât
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/25/magazine/cherokee-native-american-andrea-smith.html
Andrea SmithCredit.Photo illustration by Joan Wong. Source photograph by Tom Zasadzinski/Cal Poly Pomona; Alamy.
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The Native Scholar Who Wasnât
More than a decade ago, a prominent academic was exposed for having faked her Cherokee ancestry. Why has her career continued to thrive?
Andrea SmithCredit.Photo illustration by Joan Wong. Source photograph by Tom Zasadzinski/Cal Poly Pomona; Alamy.
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