After another celebrated figure in Indigenous arts and culture was revealed to not have Indigenous ancestry , some scholars say it’s time to examine the Canadian institutions that have helped these people build their careers.

Ontario-based author Thomas King, whose books include 1993’s Green Grass, Running Water and 2012's The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America , wrote in a Globe and Mail essay published Monday that he learned he has no Cherokee ancestry, despite having identified as Cherokee for most of his life.

Experts who spoke with CBC News noted striking similarities with the high-profile cases of author Joseph Boyden , musician Buffy Sainte-Marie and filmmaker Michelle Latimer — who adapted King’s Inconvenient Indian for a 2020 d

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