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Ivy League School Will No Longer Give Plum Job To Fake Indian
Dartmouth College announced Thursday that Susan Taffe Reed, who attracted scorn and ridicule for claiming membership in an Indian tribe regarded by other Indians as bogus, will no longer serve as the director of the school’s Native American Program.
“Susan Taffe Reed will no longer serve as the director of the Native American Program,” Dartmouth said in a statement. “Unfortunately, the distraction around her appointment prevents her from effectively serving in this role.” Taffe Reed hasn’t been fired, the school said, but simply reassigned elsewhere. The school hasn’t said whether Taffe Reed requested the change or if school administrators made the call instead
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