Anishinaabe writer and scholar Niigaan Sinclair says Thomas King's revelation that he's not of Cherokee descent felt like "a ...
Thomas King, the celebrated author of the book 'Inconvenient Indian' and others, now says that he's not Indigenous.
His shocking admission follows a 2020 documentary adaptation of his 2013 book being pulled from the Sundance Film Festival ...
The author does not dispute a finding by a U.S. organization that exposes false claims of Native American heritage ...
Indigenous writers Kim Wheeler and Michelle Cyca discuss the author's revelations and how to move forward after years of ...
Author Thomas King, long-celebrated for work rooted in what he believed was his partial Cherokee heritage, has revealed that ...
After another respected name in Indigenous arts and culture was revealed to not have Indigenous ancestry , some scholars say ...
Writer ‘still in shock’ after a whistle-blowing organization showed him genealogical evidence that he wasn’t part Indigenous, as he originally assumed ...
Intentionally or not, the real-life consequences of King’s story is that his inability to find out the truth of his own ...
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At 82, Thomas King expressed his disbelief and shock during an exclusive interview about the findings of his genealogical research. King had believed in his Cherokee heritage, a part of his identity ...