The recent news that Canadian writer Thomas King does not have Indigenous ancestry has prompted necessary conversations across literary communities about the need to vet accurate representations.
An award-winning author, King was positioned as one of the most widely taught Indigenous authors in North America. His work featured prominently on high school and university syllabi, and on library reading lists.
He has received the Order of Canada and the National Aboriginal Achievement Award for arts and culture, the latter of which he told the Globe and Mail he intended to return after learning there is no evidence he has Cherokee ancestry.
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