University professor speaking in Sioux Falls accused of being 'pretendian'https://www.thedakotascout.com/p/university-professor-speaking-inUniversity of Kansas history professor Kent Blansett is the scheduled keynote speaker at the Northern Great Plains History Conference in September. ... Blansett’s academic biography asserts he is a descendant of five Native American tribes: the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Shawnee and Potawatomi.
But Blansett has been the subject of a website that exposes academics whose claims of Native ancestry aren’t supported by genealogical records. The latest post on ancestorstealing.blogspot.com featuring Blansett came in June. ...
Another Pretendian exposed. How he used his supposed ancestry and how he responds to this would show whether he was taken in by family stories or made a claim he believed false. That he is scheduled to speak at a conference with his subject being Wounded Knee indicates career exploitation that could mean deception on his part.
