Heather Rae, who sits on the Academy of Motion Pictures’ Indigenous Alliance, helped broker the Academy’s apology last year to Sacheen Littlefeather.
Award-winning filmmaker Heather Rae, who sits on the Academy of Motion Pictures’ Indigenous Alliance, has been accused of faking her Native American ancestry. The Tribal Alliance Against Frauds, which claims to be a Native group exposing “Pretendians,” is demanding Rae revoke her claim that she’s half Cherokee.
According to theresearch compiled by the group points to Rae having no ancestors recognized by the three Cherokee nations, and her parents’ divorce certificate reportedly listed them both as white. Census records show her maternal grandfather’s ancestors identified as white, according to the group.
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