Posted on 06/17/2016 10:38:47 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Donald Trumps Use of Pocahontas Has Native Americans Worried
Alan Rappeport
Donald J. Trump is heading west this weekend for rallies in Las Vegas and Phoenix and a fund-raiser at Barry M. Goldwaters old estate, known as Be-nun-i-kin, Navajo for house on top of the hill.
But it is the prospect of Mr. Trumps gathering with members of the Navajo Nation that is creating the most intrigue around the trip of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.
His repeated use of the name Pocahontas to deride Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, has stirred a debate among Native Americans about how they should deal with Mr. Trump. Some Navajos are questioning whether the meeting, which is still in the works, should even take place.
For many, his mention of the historical figure is offensive and a sign that Mr. Trump, who has been accused of being anti-immigrant, also has problems with the people who first inhabited the country.
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OH FGS, he’s making fun of Warren’s fakery. How is that making fun of Indians?
I wouldn’t wipe my ass with the NYT.
The only thing about this issue they should be concerned with is the fact that Lyin’ Lizzie pretended to be a native American for personal gain.
Chief Gray Beaver has a great ring to it.
How.
I do not think that those the Times denotes as "Native Americans," lumping together a considerable array of quite diverse tribal nations, many of which fought long & bravely against Americans who over-ran their hunting grounds; will find Donald Trump's poking fun at Elizabeth Warren, as offensive, if at all, as they will find the patronization by the New York Times.
” Does that make her a member of the Fukawie Tribe? “
That just nagged at my memory lane file and made the LOL more worthwhile :) they spell it Fugawi but I’ll bet a Trump Tower hamburger that’s what you meant...LOL!!
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NYT==full retard.
Poor things... they’ve gotten the nod it’s okay to be very touchy and complain over every little thing... and I want to say “get a life and make a life”.. don’t follow in obama’s pitiful habits. Grow up and think for yourself. That woman used a fake Indian heritage to gain her expensive home and then be a candidate in waiting.. and that doesn’t bother the natives?.. just the one trying to call notice to what she did/does.
Libs are either worried, troubled or scared.
that poll is bogus... it has to be... I still give more credit to the public than that poll shows... the media who take the polls are asking just the right questions to scare Trump voters.
God help those who can look past her past and still vote for her... just shows us the hate they have for the rest of us. they’d do that to this country before they’d vote for the right reason and save our nation.
No he hasn’t , and many around here have been lamenting the fact.
I’m a Native American through both sides of my family.
Pocahontas is a good name & should insult no one & does not
except for a few liberal palefaces. - If you had met
Pocahontas back in her day and had said, “Pocahontas!”, she
would have said, “Yes?” in answer, totally unoffended.
Crockagawea.
The resemblance is clear.
OMG, if Trump doesn’t destroy PC, PC will destroy the country.
The day is yet young.
But yeah, this has to be in the top contenders.
BTW Pocahontas converted to Christianity, married John Rolfe and sailed to the UK where she met the British royals.
Not a bit like the movie.
I’m Native. I don’t care if trump uses that name. I’ll vote Trump. Put Clinton in jail and Warren on a reservation.
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