Family of professor who claimed to be Cherokee says she is NOT Native American

… a noted scholar in Native American studies who grew up in … ;opting to become’ Native American in a 1991 essay. 
But … Helen had never identified as Native American. 
And another relative, cousin … that it was grandfather was Native American, adding: ‘We’ …… a noted scholar in Native American studies who grew up in … ;opting to become’ Native American in a 1991 essay. 
But … Helen had never identified as Native American. 
And another relative, cousin … that it was grandfather was Native American, adding: ‘We’ …