After questions about her claimed Native American heritage swirled for more than 15 years, UC Riverside professor Andrea Smith will resign.
Harry J. Elam Jr., who has served as the 16th president of Occidental College since 2020, is stepping down from his post next year due to a recent diagnosis.“The parties have reached the mutual decision to end their employment relationship on the terms and conditions outlined in this agreement,” the separation agreement reads.
“Professor Smith agrees to not make any affirmative claims of Native American heritage in connection with her University work for the duration of her University employment. However, if asked about her heritage in connection with her University work, Professor Smith is permitted to disclose her opinion on her Native American heritage,” the agreement reads.
As part of the separation agreement, Smith will continue until August 2024 as a full-time professor. She will then be eligible to receive all her retirement benefits and will retain the title of professor emeritus. To tribal officials and others who doubted her Native American ancestry, Smith had been hiding in plain sight for years. The professor, currently on sabbatical, has written numerous books about Native issues. She even wrote inthat New Age white “feminists” were co-opting and taking advantage of Native spirituality for profit.
But in 2007, Cherokee Nation officials had already begun to ask about her identity after realizing she was not enrolled with the tribe, according to the
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