Took a LONG time and a LONG list of undeserved grants and titles and shit (all of it based on his now-revealed-as-bogus Native American identity) for people to pay attention to the work of the Tribal Alliance Against Frauds, which states:
‘Klopotek has zero Indian ancestry. TAAF found that he is of only European ancestry. When TAAF asked him to document his claim to being Choctaw or to simply identify who he believes is his ancestor who is Choctaw, Klopotek chose not to respond at all to TAAF’s queries... TAAF asks that Klopotek publicly declare in writing that he is not Choctaw, explain his past actions in full, acknowledge the harm he has done, redress this harm, resign from his UO faculty position, and return, with interest, the funds he has received from lying about being Indian.‘
Look at his list of money awards! How do you say monetize, kemosabe?
Asking the dude to give it back would be like asking Bernie Madoff (may his memory be a malediction) to please claw back the sixty five billion he stole, with interest, please.
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Klopotek offers the old Mention My Name in Sheboygan defense: Folks back home know I’m really Indian and that’s all that matters, assholes.