There was a law on the books in Massachusetts forbidding Indians (meaning native Americans) from spending the night in Boston. Goes back to King Phillip’s War. It was only repealed in the 21st Century. Progress! I am not sure how forcefully it was enforced. Many of Massachusetts’s statutes predate the Revolution.
Thinking about it, the law was in force in the 1990's when Elizabeth Warren, a self-identified Cherokee, was often was in Boston after sunset. Regardless of DNA, she identified as Indian, and had full mens res to openly and flagrantly violate the law. Obviously this threat to the rule of law and OurDemocracy™ cannot be allowed to stand! A violation of Norms!
My third-great grandfather from Dandrige Tennessee fought in the Cherokee Wars. My family knows the horror of these savages' heartless assaults!
You can only imagine my disappointment when I learned that Senator Warren had no significant Native-American DNA, and my ancestors probably never oppressed hers.