Kay LeClaire, a University of Wisconsin art leader exposed for faking their Native American heritage, came under fire after being exposed in an online forum.
LeClaire, pretending to adopt an indigenous lens, criticized the university for flying the tribal flag often displayed during Native American heritage month or on Indigenous People's Day, alleging the move was performative.
"I'm glad the owners have decided to no longer profit from the identities of Indigenous peoples," LeClaire wrote in a February 2020 post published under their Ojibwe name in"Our Lives Wisconsin."Katie Le Claire in 2012; Kay LeClaire in 2021 via Madison365 came to light on an online forum called the"New Age Fraud Forum" where a user called out LeClaire's eyebrow-raising claims.
The user laid out LeClaire's ancestry and dissected the false claims surrounding the indigenous identity, prompting broader speculation from others.To confirm the authenticity of the allegations against LeClaire, Fox News Digital reached out to The University of Wisconsin-Madison for comment.
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