Indigenous identity

SFU Gallery curator resigns after accusations of falsely claimed Indigenous ancestry

By: Karissa Ketter, News Writer  Vancouver curator Cheyanne Turions resigned this November from her position at SFU Galleries due to controversy over her identity. Turions previously self-identified as having Indigenous ancestry, but on April 19, 2021, reported on her blog she has no Indigenous ancestry.  “I was recently called to investigate my identity in more detail and discovered that the family history that I was raised with does not match up with historical records. In response, I changed my self-identification to settler,” Turion wrote. Her resignation was announced on November 5, 2021, almost seven months after the discovery of her…

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