After author Thomas King's revelation Monday that he is not part Cherokee , some Indigenous writers and academics say the statement was a good first step, while others believe it lacks accountability.

Author of books like The Inconvenient Indian and Indians on Vacation , King said in an essay Monday for The Globe and Mail he learned he has no Cherokee ancestry after meeting with the Tribal Alliance Against Frauds (TAAF) a U.S.-based organization.

Daniel Heath Justice, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and a professor in the Institute of Critical Indigenous Studies and the Department of English Languages and Literatures at the University of British Columbia, was on the Zoom call between TAAF and King.

Heath Justice said King seemed genuinely shocked to learn of his genealogy. But he

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