White daughter of Maine pageant queen quits role as indigenous college dean after being accused of LYING that she's Native American to land job while peddling $35,000 tribal quilts
Gina Adams, born in Connecticut, claimed said that the idea for her ingenious-inspired artwork came to her in 'dreams,' courtesy of her to her Anishinaabeg ancestors
But internet sleuths dug into her background and found that her grandfather and relatives are in fact white, with no link to Native Americans
White Earth Reservation had declined her membership since they couldn't track that she had any relatives linked to the tribe
September 7, 2022
A college dean who landed her job by claiming to be a Native American artist who pedaled $35,000 quilts has resigned in disgrace after it was revealed she is the white daughter of a Maine pageant queen.
Alleged identity fraudster Gina Adams, 57, was born in Connecticut to white ancestors, and announced her resignation Tuesday.
She is said to have posed as a member of the White Earth Reservation to bolster her career, most recently as a professor of art and design and dean at Emily Carr University in Vancouver, Canada.
Adams claimed her grandpa was taken from the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota and forced into a Pennsylvania boarding school which was designed to 'assimilate' indigenous children into the American way of life. But an extensive investigation by Maclean's says her claims are all lies.
Adams landed the college position in 2019 by claiming to be Native American, with the scandal now engulfing her likened to that of Rachel Dolezal, a white woman who shot to infamy after she was caught pretending to be black.
In 2018, Adams staged staged a show of quilts stitched with designs she claims were inspired by the nightmares she had about the abuse meted out to her Indigenous ancestors.
And at an event held at the Ivy League Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, Adams donning beaded jewelry and solemnly introducing herself by speaking Native American.
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