Thomas King, another pretender?

He has to be kidding. After decades of people questioning author Thomas L. King’s claim to being indigenous, suddenly, out of nowhere, he comes forward admitting he is indeed not part Cherokee has no Cherokee descendancy. He didn’t just issue a statement either. He used a national newspaper, the Globe and Mail, as his venue to play the victim and control the narrative and backlash as he came clean after years of facing questions about his claims. Thomas L. King claimed he was Cherokee based on family stories he said he had heard over the years that his deceased father was half Cherokee. Now, in the real world of Indigenous people, that would spur you on to find out if it was true and more importantly find your family connection….

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