Proof that Erika T. Wurth is a Pretendian

02/29/2024

This pretendian fraud is still boldly lying through her teeth.
Protest her events. She's a lying predatory profiteer and thief.

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/dZsh6bAHeARJ3jG3/?mibextid=oFDknk

02/13/2024

Ancestry chart.

12/13/2023

Erika T. Wurth.
Still a lying thieving pretendian fraud.

10/05/2023

WURTHLESS PAPERBACK

October 3, 2023

TAAF Director's Blog

An Update on Erika Wurth:

We have an update on pretendian fraud Erika Wurth that’s a long time coming but well worth a read. It's just in time for the launch of the paperback version of her book White Horse.

Erika Wurth surprised us earlier this year (in May) by getting a lawyer’s secretary to send an email that threatened to sue us and others. The alleged offense? Defamation and tortious (contract) interference. The damages? Up to $500,000.

Wurth said that we contacted festivals, bookstores, and others who were promoting her works and made “allegations” and “disparaging comments” about her “Native American heritage”. Wurth complained that some of these organizers heard our concerns about her claims of American Indian identity and disinvited her (to their credit). A publisher also decided not to include her work in a proposed anthology for the same reasons. (Kudos to that publisher!)

So, what did Wurth want out of her complaint? In addition to $500,000 in damages, she wanted the courts to require us and others to retract their statements and any documents that questioned her claims of American Indian heritage.

Let’s take a step back and see how we got here. As we’ve described in the sections below, Erika Wurth built a career by falsely claiming to be an urban Indian author of Cherokee, Chickasaw and Apache descent. She’s written several books, including White Horse, a book touted by the New York Times and others. These books explore American Indian trauma and history with readers who think she speaks with an American Indian voice. She captivates her audience with exotic, fictional family stories about a Chickasaw madam, a well-off Cherokee runaway and mysterious Apache connections.

TAAF, the Fake Indians Blog, and others didn’t think these claims added up. These legitimately American Indian people and their allies carefully studied Wurth’s public claims against established public records such as census reports, birth/death/marriage certificates, property transactions, newspaper articles and most importantly, American Indian tribal rolls and records. They spoke with experts to fill gaps in the story. None of those reviewing these records could find a single American Indian ancestor from these tribes or any other. The Fake Indians Blog and TAAF both published genealogies which you can see on their websites.

We at TAAF decided that neither her empty threats nor her delusional demands were worth the electronic paper they were printed on, or worthy of any response whatsoever. It was an email sent from a legal assistant on behalf of a lawyer whose signature was pasted in. The assistant sent the letter over Memorial Day Weekend and demanded that we respond within a week, lol. They wanted us to sign an agreement with Wurth never to question her claims again or tell others what we found. Our response? We laughed heartily, shared a collective eyeroll, wondered how much money she wasted complaining that we were costing her money, and went about our day.

Others named in the complaint responded to the claims through a lawyer with expertise on both defamation and American Indian law. That lawyer asked for evidence that shows that Wurth is an American Indian, as she claims, and they shockingly got no reply…

Where does that leave us, then? That’s the interesting part. A month or so later, Wurth tweeted that she decided not to sue. Why? Because, she said, she got “right-minded people” to do “the work” for her. She added that she’d “prefer the solution to bad speech, be good speech.” What’s good speech, though? For us, it’s speech backed by evidence (which we posted). Not lies and fiction (which Wurth posted). If Wurth took the same approach, she could have saved herself some grief. Urban Indians are indeed a legitimate part of the American Indian community. But for her to be an “urban Indian”, she’d actually have to have a drop of American Indian ancestry and she has been definitively proven to have zero.

Wurth continued to tweet, claiming that the genealogies that upset her were faked. The more she said, the more she confirmed the genealogies she tried to disprove. She also confirmed how little she knows about the ancestry she uses to tout her books. Take a look at this tweet, for example. The genealogy we published explains who each of these people are. We found the mistakes she made in her genealogy. We published it. There is no denying what we have proven to be true.

She seemed perplexed by the full name Annie Tommie James. Wurth said, “the name Annie Tommie “doesn’t sit right with me”. Yet, we found the name Annie, Tommie or Annie Tommie James on several different documents. We imagined “Tommie” was a nickname. And low and behold, Wurth’s aunt explained it all on Ancestry.com. She has had an account there for at least 10 years and has all the genealogy there, plus her own commentary. Here's what she had to say about Annie’s name: “Tommie James, oh, what a family history! (Annie) Tommie James was named after her father Thomas James, because he wanted a boy”!

She shared another tweet claiming that Annie James was not the white woman named in the genealogy that led her to threaten litigation, but a Black woman born nearly 15 years earlier.

We looked into that, and we couldn’t find a Black woman named Annie James born in 1847 in Texas. We did, however, find a Black woman named Annie James who was born in 1852. The problem is that “James” was her married name according to the 1870 census. She appears again in the 1900 census as a widowed servant.

Wurth has a problem here because this Annie James can’t possibly be her relative. Why?

Because she has no relatives with the names that Wurth gave as her own relatives. This Annie James didn’t marry a John Riggs (or an Albert Coffin) and had no child named Earl. The white Annie James that she now denies did. Wurth has again validated the genealogy she denied.

Next, we discovered that Wuth’s aunt has an Ancestry.com account. Wurth’s very own aunt has all the genealogy on the family posted for the public to see and it matched our own genealogy work. Not to mention the aunt debunks the American Indian rumors in their family, she even took a DNA test! Not surprisingly, no American Indian DNA.

In her own words, “DNA results show no Native American blood. This story must have started with Tommie James or Smith or Tom James. My mother lived native Chickasaw and her brood all our lives. And now I feel like Steve Martin in the movie The Jerk, what a paradigm shift!”

Oh, but there’s more to this story. Behind the scenes, as mentioned above, Wurth hired a Cherokee genealogist to do the work that she herself hadn’t done. She wanted to find a Cherokee ancestor. Was that genealogist and others among the “right-minded” people she had in mind? We’ll never know, but we do know something went wrong for Wurth.

We were sent a set of leaked emails between Wurth and her paid genealogist. We learned that Wurth hired what she called a “Native PR” firm to dig into the genealogies of TAAF spokesperson Lianna Costantino and others who dared to question her claims with the hope of finding some way of impugning their character, hoping they themselves had no Indian ancestry or mocking their blood quantum (which is a colonial genocide tactic that TAAF never uses). Did she seriously think any of us would be dumb enough to play Indian while accusing her or anyone else of doing that? We responded to Wurth’s claims about Lianna on our website: https://tribalallianceagainstfrauds.org/taaf-blogs/f/who-is-the-taaf-director-and-an-erika-t-wurth-update

This is a common pretendian tactic: Distract the public using any means possible to discredit the messenger in order to deflect from their own fraud. Problem: Lianna and the others she desperately tried to impugn are all citizens of federally recognized tribal nations. Unlike her, they are claimed by thousands of fellow tribal citizens. Lianna’s lineage is notable and unimpeachable. So, let’s focus on the relevant issue: Erika’s is not. Her American Indian ancestry does not exist.

Wurth also provided more information on her alleged Cherokee links. The relatives she named again match the genealogies. They also show that her relative, Oda Edith Martin, wasn’t the Cherokee runaway she hoped for. The Fake Indians Blog explored this in detail and even helped Wurth find the origin of the photo that she claimed was Oda. That photo was so popular that it was a WW1 pin-up and had a name: Kaloma. You, and (we hope) Erika, can read all about it right here: http://ancestorstealing.blogspot.com/2023/01/performing-identity-erika-wurths-tall_22.html

Wurth wrote again when her lawyer heard back from others she targeted in her threats. She was surprised that their lawyer asked for Wurth’s genealogy and didn’t mention what she called the “tortious aspect or the harassment.” Could it be because of something called the First Amendment in the US Constitution? We have a right to free speech in this country and the right to assemble. Protests happen all the time, and events (and authors) get canceled when they lie. The truth is THE defense against false claims of libel or defamation. Erika is lying. We have exposed her lie. Lying has consequences. Erika can choose to correct this situation.

This email also identifies another Annie James, who was Black and born in 1871/72. We looked her up too and found her in the 1900 Census. “James” is her married name, just like the Annie James born in 1852 who Wurth thought was born in 1847.



The other problem is that her relative Earl Westley Riggs was born in 1893, when this Annie James was married to a man named Payton. Earl Riggs is not listed in this Census.

Wurth wrote again and it looks like her lawyer finally got the memo. Again, the problem is that statements can’t be defamatory if they are true. Clearly her lawyer is aware of that and he wanted proof that Wurth was in fact an American Indian and Wurth obviously can’t give it. She said so herself, right here.

We know that the Cherokee genealogist Wurth hired had no luck finding any Cherokee ancestor. The PR firm she hired was not interested in helping her harass legitimate Indians in her attempt to distract from her own fraud either. They dropped her.

We also know that Wurth tried to find other genealogists too, hoping someone would pull an Indian rabbit out of their hat. No luck for Erika. The email above shows that Wurth thought a DNA test would provide the proof her lawyer needed. That stunt didn’t turn out so well for Elizabeth Warren and shows just how little Wurth knows about Native peoples and their identities. She should read Kim TallBear’s book “Native American DNA: Tribal Belonging and the False Promise of Genetic Science and then take a look at this piece from NBC News and learn something:

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/elizabeth-warren-connected-dna-native-american-heritage-here-s-why-ncna921166?fbclid=IwAR2Eyg9tvgAxyAWK0VMBI8YtEankS3Al5qhy7wen4allE1baC5ZEV9uNG7c

We hope that Erika Wurth takes the opportunity to learn about her own family and celebrate them for who they are. We also hope that those who enable her seriously think about why that is and why her exotic fantasies of whorehouses, sexual abuse, and violence were more attractive than the voices of actual Native peoples.

Enough is enough!

See all the screenshots on the website:

https://tribalallianceagainstfrauds.org/taaf-blogs/f/wurthless-paperback

An Update on Erika Wurth:

08/31/2023

Neither pretendian nor defendian nor troll nor whiny wannabe at night stays these whistleblowers from the swift completion of their appointed task:

To bring to light the lies of thieving pretendian frauds

That is all.

08/29/2023

Blog on TAAF website about Erika and her hilarious antics.

Who is this Lianna Costantino person? And why is Erika Wurth spinning her wheels?

07/27/2023

ERIKA T. WURTH:

We will explain to you the mistakes you made in your genealogy, which explains why you have ZERO American Indian ancestry. Tell us which parts are not clear to you, and we will use pictures.

07/08/2023

An enabler of fraud:

07/08/2023

FINAL REPORT: Wurth’s genealogy. This proves that Erika Wurth has ZERO American Indian ancestry. The end.

07/07/2023

Yeah, she said TAAF posted the wrong family tree for her as well, lol. Nope. ALL her ancestors are here on this page and on our website. The genealogy has been independently corroborated by our genealogists and those of the tribes she FALSELY claims.

Not one of her ancestors had a single drop of American Indian blood in their veins. I.e., neither does she. Prove ANY of us wrong, Erika. You can't. That's why you are now known as a proven fraud. Because you, yourself, are aware that you are lying, having seen the evidence against you.

Great post on the Fake Indians Blog. We agree.

Erika Wurth: We knew you were missing both brain cells and ethics, but you really screwed yourself over this time. Your July 4 th, 2023 ...

06/05/2023

PSA:
Erika Temple Wurth remains a pretendian fraud.

06/02/2023

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Hello! My name is Joey Clift. I'm a television writer and all around comedy guy. This is my website on the internet!

05/28/2023

https://ancestorstealing.blogspot.com/2023/01/performing-identity-erika-wurths-tall_30.html?m=1

Summary of findings: Wurth’s attempts at defending herself have been wurthless, since she doesn’t know her own family history. Erika Wurth...

05/28/2023

People who agree that Erika Wurth is a fraud who steals every day from legitimately American Indian people.

Denounce pretendian frauds Erika Wurth & Allison Hedge Coke

05/28/2023

Erika Wurth remains one of the most toxic, unrepentant, lying pretendian frauds out there.

Please do not enable pretendianism. It is toxic to actual American Indian people. Lift up legit American Indian authors, not frauds. Be part of our survival, not part of our genocide. Listen to US, not the frauds pretending to be us.....

05/25/2023

Check out the unabashed white privilege, entitlement, arrogance and hypocrisy of proven fraud Erika Wurth calling out pretendians!! Unfreakingbelievable.

If you’re a Native American writer, or if you’re Native, or frankly, if you’re alive in the United States, you have talked to someone who claims to be part Cherokee. And you have probably thought: dude, this person does not seem like they have anything to do with Cherokees or any other Indians...

05/17/2023

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Denounce pretendian frauds Erika Wurth & Allison Hedge Coke

05/02/2023

Visit our website, where the evidence against pretendian frauds is permanently housed.

We expose ethnic frauds pretending to be American Indian people or "tribes" when they are not. We are researchers. We gather facts. We are the whistle-blowers. American Indian Native American advocacy

04/28/2023

This page exists to blow the whistle on a proven ethnic fraud and to educate the public with regard to why that is very harmful to NDN people and altogether wrong.

04/28/2023

Erika's words in this article are particularly toxic, as this proven pretendian fraud attacks the real NDNs who have called her out with her settler fantasies and ad hominem attacks intended to shoot the messengers who blew the whistle on her fraud. Feel free to address her comments.

https://www.kwelijournal.org/interviews-1/2023/4/10/an-interview-with-erika?fbclid=IwAR1BBsV71T_Dyjdi_4VYGEUNXHUNCsLNaRNfFGfyjnJX7CUwge_kgcdz9ic

I had been a really dorky kid and I loved Science Fiction and fantasy and horror, and I realized that I wanted to come back around to horror. It’s been tremendously fun and rewarding, and I still utilize the conventions of literary fiction.

03/09/2023

CALLING OUT THE ENABLERS:

When are her white enablers going to listen to the REAL NDNs she is STEALING FROM?

Willfull ignorance leads to genocide.

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03/07/2023

https://tribalallianceagainstfrauds.org/erika-t-wurth

Erika Wurth busted on the Tribal Alliance Against Frauds website.

Erika T. Wurth describes herself as an “urban Indian” of Chickasaw, Cherokee and Apache descent.   Her genealogy has been done. While the burden of proof lies solely with the person making such claims, it has been amply proven that Ms. Wurth is of settler ancestry, not American Indian ancestry...

02/26/2023

ᏗᎦᏓᏤᎵᎢ

Cherokee Scholars’ Statement on Sovereignty and Identity

Frequent, persistent, and accelerating assaults on the sovereign right of the Cherokee Nation, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians to determine their peoplehood have profoundly negative legal, cultural, economic, and familial consequences for Cherokee citizens.

As a diverse collective of Cherokee scholars, writers, and educators, we are unified in our commitment to supporting our governments as they defend themselves against individuals and/or collectivities who engage in actions, whether intentional or not, that undermine the sacred sovereign right of the three Cherokee governments, buttressed by federal and international recognition of Cherokee laws and governance, to determine their citizenry. We support the resolution adopted in 2008 during a joint council meeting of the Cherokee Nation and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians opposing fabricated Cherokee entities and non-citizen self-identified Cherokee individuals.

Misappropriating a Cherokee identity or otherwise falsely claiming to speak as a Cherokee is an act of disrespect and aggression against Cherokee peoples and, above all, is a violation of the sovereignty of the three federally and internationally recognized Cherokee governments.

While our concern is first and foremost the protection and defense of the sovereign authority of the Cherokee Nation, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, an assault on the sovereignty of any Native American and Indigenous nation is an assault on the sovereignty of all Native American and Indigenous nations. According to Article 9 of the United Nations’ Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007), which was officially endorsed by the U.S. in 2010, “Indigenous peoples and individuals have the right to belong to an indigenous community or nation, in accordance with the traditions and customs of the community or nation concerned.” We stand in solidarity with all Indigenous nations in their ethical efforts to defend their sovereign right to determine their citizenry.

1) The sovereignty of Cherokee peoples is uniquely expressed through the governing bodies of the Cherokee Nation, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, the three federally and internationally recognized Cherokee governments. Cherokee sovereignty predates the arrival of Europeans to the Americas and the establishment of the United States of America. It has been continuously exercised from time immemorial and will persist. These facts of Cherokee sovereignty have been acknowledged and recognized by the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the government of the United States of America.

2) Only individuals recognized as citizens of the Cherokee Nation, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians should claim a Cherokee identity as part of their professional or personal identity, or otherwise assert a Cherokee identity to further their career or gain profit or professional advancement. Cherokee identity is a political identity that can only be established through documentation by one of the Cherokee governments that an individual is a Cherokee citizen. It is not, and never has been, an ethnic or racial identity that is established through self-identification.

3) No individual or collectivity should claim a Cherokee identity on the basis of genetic testing, phenotype, family stories, “inherited” cultural practices, sentiments or feelings of affinity, or any other spurious criteria. Any person who believes they are Cherokee and have a legitimate claim to a Cherokee identity are encouraged to explore their heritage with candor and honesty. They are encouraged to contact the appropriate Cherokee government for information on Cherokee citizenship. If that Cherokee government determines that they do not have a right to Cherokee citizenship they should immediately cease identifying as Cherokee.

4) Any person who publicly identifies as Cherokee has initiated a public discussion about their identity. It is appropriate to ask such persons to explain the verifiable basis upon which they are claiming a Cherokee identity. If they cannot substantiate that they are a Cherokee citizen, they should be clearly and directly asked to cease identifying as Cherokee.

5) All institutions of higher education, professional organizations, and funding agencies are encouraged to verify any assertions by faculty, staff, students, members, grant applicants, and visiting speakers and scholars that they are Cherokee citizens, especially when it comes to employment, admissions, fellowships, and scholarships. Individuals making such claims should be willing to provide proof of their Cherokee citizenship. We encourage educational institutions to actively request proof of citizenship, such as a citizenship identification card. An individual’s unwillingness to provide such proof, or other forms of evasiveness, may indicate that they are not Cherokee citizens and do not have a legitimate claim of being a Cherokee person, and the appropriate Cherokee government may be contacted to ascertain that person’s citizenry. In the context of higher education, falsely claiming a Cherokee identity is academic dishonesty, falsification of a material fact, and expropriation of Indigenous peoples’ resources and opportunities. We encourage institutions of higher education to sanction it as such.

6) We condemn all individuals and collectivities that ‘play Indian’ or ‘play Cherokee’ in all its forms, regardless of the intent. This includes the widespread practice of forming fraudulent, so-called ‘state-recognized’ Cherokee tribes or nonprofit organizations that claim to confer Cherokee citizenship. Non-Cherokees should never participate in Cherokee cultural expressions unless under the direct guidance of a Cherokee citizen.

7) We encourage anyone who claims the identity of any Native American or Indigenous nation to contact the appropriate authority and confirm their assertion of that identity is valid and appropriate.

Adopted 13 February 2020 This is a consensus statement of ᏗᎦᏓᏤᎵᎢ, a diverse collective of Cherokee scholars, writers, and educators who are citizens of the Cherokee Nation, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians.

For more information see: www.thinktsalagi/scholars

Digadatseli’i ᏗᎦᏓᏤᎵᎢ

In February 2009, a small group of Cherokee scholars/educators and language philosophers (Benny Smith, Andy Girty, and Durbin Feeling) convened in Lawrence, Kansas, to discuss the formation of a new group comprised of Cherokee scholars and teachers with a focus on revitalizing the Cherokee language, accountability to each other, and the promotion of Cherokee sovereignty. At this meeting, the late elder Benny Smith provided us with the name digadatseli’i ᏗᎦᏓᏤᎵᎢ which means: “We all belong to each other; for someone to take care of something.”

This page contains: (1) Cherokee professors/instructors currently employed as full time faculty at colleges and universities (visiting faculty and university administrators are separately listed), (2) Cherokee language and humanities specialists who work for Cherokee institutions, in private sector, or independently; (3) Distinguished Cherokee Scientists with substantial research and publications portfolios; (4) other Cherokees who hold terminal degrees and work outside higher education, and (5) current Cherokee PhD candidates.

All individuals listed on this page are enrolled citizens/members of the Cherokee Nation, United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, and/or the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.

To be added to the private email listserv maintained for the Digadatseli’i ᏗᎦᏓᏤᎵᎢ group, contact Professor Jeff Corntassel. To be added to this website or make changes to your current listing, contact Professor Stacy Leeds. Media inquires are welcome.

Full Time University Faculty

Adcock, Trey (University of North Carolina-Asheville)
Andrews, Scott (California State, Northridge)
Baker, Alissa (Northeastern State University)
Benn-Duke, Samantha (Northeastern State University)
Black, Liza (Indiana University - currently visiting scholar at UCLA) (Personal Website)
Brown, Kirby (University of Oregon)
Burchfield, Renata Ryan (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
Burkhart, Brian Yazzie (University of Oklahoma)
Byers, Lisa (University of Oklahoma)
Calhoun, Anne (University of New Mexico)
Carroll, Clint (University of Colorado)
Corntassel, Jeff (University of Victoria)
Cushman, Ellen (Northeastern University)
Dixon, Lynda Dee (Bowling Green)
Erb, Joseph (University of Missouri)
Frey, Ben (University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill)
Hardbarger, Tiffanie (Northeastern State University)
Haynes Writer, Jeanette (New Mexico State University)
Jackson, Rachel (University of Oklahoma)
Jennings, Catheryn (Michigan State)
Johnson, Jennifer Barger (University of Central Oklahoma)
Justice, Daniel Heath (University of British Columbia)
Keene, Adrienne (Brown University)
Keeler, Honor (Wesleyan University)
Kennedy, Deanna M. (University of Washington-Bothell)
Lambert, Michael (UNC-Chapel Hill)
Leeds, Stacy (Arizona State University) (Personal Website)
Legg, Emily (Miami University)
Lewis, Courtney (University of South Carolina)
Lewis, Melissa (University of Missouri)
Matlock, Marty (University of Arkansas-Fayetteville)
Neely, Sol (University of Alaska Southeast)
Oeser, Michael (Southern University Law Center)
O’Keefe, Victoria (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Department of International Health)
Pettigrew, Dallas (Anne and Henry Zarrow School of Social Work)
Pierce, Joseph M. (Stony Brook University)
Pollet, Rebecca (Vassar College)
Reed, Julie (Penn State)
Rhodes, Gary (University of Central Florida)
Ross, Casey (Oklahoma City University)
Shade-Johnson, Jacquetta (University of Missouri)
Snipp, Matthew (Stanford University)
Tehee, Candessa (Northeastern State University)
Teuton, Christopher (University of Washington)
Teuton, Sean (University of Arkansas)
Twist, Kade (Otis College of Art and Design)
Viles, Philip (University of Tulsa)
Walkiewicz, Katie (University of California-San Diego)
Welch, Natalie (Linfield College)
Westerman, Gwen (Minnesota State University) (Personal website)
University Administration
(Past and Present)
Brown, Kirby (Acting Director, Native American Studies, University of Oregon)
Calloway, Heather (Executive Director of University Collections and Director of the Center for Fraternal Collections & Research, Indiana University)
Donohue, Betty Booth (Chair of Humanities (2000-2004) Bacone College)
Hotvedt, Carly (Director of Tribal Enterprise, Indigenous Food and Ag Initiative, University of Arkansas)
Jones, Elizabeth (Beth) (Director of Library Technology & Data Management)
Lambert, Michael (Founding Director of African Studies Center (2005-2015), University of North Carolina)
Leeds, Stacy (Dean Emeritus (Law Dean from 2011-2018) & (Inaugural Vice Chancellor for Economic Development (2017-2020) (University of Arkansas)
McClain, Cordney (Director of Diversity and Inclusion, University of Oklahoma Price College of Business) (Teaches at OU+ UCO)
Pettigrew, Dallas (Founding Director, Center for Tribal Social Work)
Westerman, Gwen (Director of the Humanities Program, Minnesota State-Mankato)
Emeritus/Retired
Belt, Tom (Western Carolina University)
Cockrell, Karen Sunday (University of Missouri)
Hammons, A. Diane (Northeastern State University) (Retired)
Holm, Tom (University of Arizona)
Garroutte, Eva (Boston College)
King, Patti Jo (Bacone College)
Oosahwee, Harry (Northeastern State University)
Osborn, James Michael (University of New Mexico , Adjunct Professor) (Retired)
Ray, Alan (Fisher College)
Russell, Steve (University of Indiana)
Sly, Gloria (Cherokee Nation) (Retired)
Thurman, Pamela Jumper (Colorado State)
Adjunct or Visiting Professors/Instructors
Coates, Julia (Cal State - Northridge)
Fox, Pamela C. (California State University Bakersfield) & (Bakersfield College)
Jordan, Courtney (University of Tulsa)
West Williams, Joel (Vermont Law)

Cherokee Language, Arts and Humanities Specialists
(with tribes, public or private sector)
Boney, Roy (Cherokee Nation)
Foster, Charles (University of Oklahoma)
Huckabee, Anna (Cherokee Nation)
Kirk, Wyman (Cherokee Nation Immersion School)
Mackey, Ryan B. (ᏩᏕ ᎦᎵᏍᎨᏫ) (Cherokee Nation)
Meredith, America (Cherokee Nation)
Sixkiller, Dennis (Cherokee Nation)
Distinguished Cherokee Scientists
(with significant research and publications)
Montgomery, David (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Cherokees with Terminal Degrees Working Outside Higher Education
(with tribes, public or private sector)
Donohue, Betty (PhD, UCLA) (English)
Cowan Watts, Cara (PhD, Oklahoma State University) (Biosystems Engineering) & (CEO & Managing Member, Tulsa Pier Drilling)
Fitzgerald, Deirdre (Ph.D., BCBA-D, University of Nevada) (Psychology)
Gourd, Charles (PhD, University of Kansas (Anthropology)
Hickman, Caleb (PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison) (Zoology)
Holland, Ashley (University of Oklahoma) (Art History) & (Associate Curator, Art Bridges Foundation)
Sly, Gloria (PhD, University of Oklahoma) (Education Administration)
Still, Corey (PhD, University of Oklahoma) (Adult and Higher Ed)
Evans, Lara (PhD, University of New Mexico) (Art History)
Cherokee PhD Candidates
Conway, Hannah (Harvard University) (History of Science)
Dawson, Patricia (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) (History)
Ferris, Shane (University of Saskatchewan)
Hausman, Blake (University of CA-Berkeley) (English)
Jackson, Racheal (University of Oklahoma)(Composition/Rhetoric/Literacy)
Radocay, Jonathan (UC-Davis) (English, Native Literature)
Rendleman, Vivien Christie (Duke University) (History)
Spencer, Angela G. (Oregon Health & Science University-Portland State University School of Public Health) (Community Health)
Steen, McKalee (UC-Berkeley) Environmental Science, Policy, and Management