A woman who co-founded an LGBT Native American artists' collective has left the organization after it was reported she was actually white.
Kay LeClaire, who went by nibiiwakamigkwe, says she has left the art collective, called giige, after reports surfaced accusing her of being of German, Swedish, and French Canadian ancestry.“I am sorry. A lot of information has come to my attention since late December. I am still processing it all and do not yet know how to respond adequately. What I can do now is offer change.
In a lengthy statement on Instagram, giige confirmed LeClaire was no longer with the collective and wished to extend its"gratitude and utmost sympathy to the Indigenous community."The case of LeClaire reportedly faking a Native American identity comes months after Indigenous activist Sacheen Littlefeather, who famously rejected Marlon Brando's Oscar on his behalf in 1973, was accused of not being Native American by her siblings weeks after her death.
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