'I have always been, and will always be Cherokee,' Smith wrote in a 2015 blog post.
Aug. 28, 2023, 11:08 PM UTCA prominent ethnic studies professor accused of falsely claiming to be Cherokee is stepping down from her post at the University of California Riverside — and she’s getting a soft landing.
Also, Riverside will pay up to $5,000 toward Smith’s legal costs and is shelving any investigation of the allegations that precipitated the professor’s exit. Smith, 57, did not respond to calls to the university and her home for comment about the deal that will end her teaching career at the university next year.she decried “identity-policing.”
Aug. 17 by a Native-American activist named Jacqueline Keeler, states that Smith’s downfall came after the university received a complaint on Aug. 23, 2022 from 13 UC Riverside faculty members alleging that she “made fraudulent claims to Native American identity.” NBC News obtained a copy of the agreement from the university.
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