By Maggie  MacIntosh Local Journalism Initiative  Reporter Indigenous researchers want answers from an academic at the centre of an open identity fraud case at the University of Winnipeg following two months of silence and the downsizing of her digital footprint. Julie Nagam, a professor, artist and curator who has long identified as Métis, is accused of misrepresenting herself and repeatedly failing to provide evidence to back up her ancestry. Nagam has yet to publicly address the findings of three genealogy reports that challenge her claims or the Manitoba Métis Federation’s vocal rejection of her citizenship application. The allegations levelled against Nagam, a Canada Research Chair in Indigenous arts, collaboration and digital media, sparked investigations by both the national agency that granted her that prestigious position and U of W at

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