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Over 200 Native Americans Ask Elizabeth Warren to ‘Make Clear Public Statement’ Disavowing Past Claims of Heritage
National Review ^ | 2/26/2020 | TOBIAS HOONHOUT

Posted on 02/26/2020 10:45:26 AM PST by bitt

More than 200 Cherokees and other Native Americans sent a letter to Senator Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) urging her to issue a public apology after “vague and inadequate” past steps to apologize for her claims of Cherokee ancestry.

“Your history of false claims to American Indian identity and the defense of these claims with a highly publicized DNA test continue to dog your political career,” the letter reads. “For Native Americans, this moment is more than an annoyance; it represents the most public debate about our identity in a generation.”

The letter cites reporting detailing how white people have scammed more than $800 million in no-bid federal contracts intended to support minority business owners by falsely claiming Native American and other minority heritages. The scammers routinely cite family legacy and the results of commerical DNA tests to substantiate their claims, as Warren did throughout her career. In light of those similarities, the letter asks for Warren to publicly denounce her family story of Native ancestry.

“When you still defend yourself by stating you believed what you heard growing up, you set a harmful example for these white people stealing Native identity and resources with stories very similar to your own,” the letter states.

Warren claimed to have Cherokee heritage for many years, which critics have charged allowed her to rise in academia before she entered politics. After withering criticism from President Trump, Warren released an infamous DNA test — which she quietly deleted evidence of a year later — showing that she was between 1/64th and 1/1024th Native American.

The Massachusetts Democrat took widespread criticism from Native Americans in the aftermath of her DNA test, and last February she apologized to the Cherokee Nation for publicizing her results.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: elizabethwarren; nativeamericans; warren
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To: bitt

You need to do more, Liawatha.

You owe RESTITUTION for any student grants/loans you obtained through faking your ethnicity...with COMPOUND INTEREST!


21 posted on 02/26/2020 1:21:58 PM PST by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

She does know how to sing that ancient Native American song:
Hi, how are you
Hi, how are you
Hi, how are you


22 posted on 02/26/2020 1:48:24 PM PST by 9422WMR
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To: Leaning Right

watch Howie Carr on Tucker Carlson tonight - he’s lovin’ the Warren hate fest...


23 posted on 02/26/2020 4:56:28 PM PST by bitt (A government afraid of it's citizens - should be afraid.)
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To: 9422WMR

PowWow the Indian Boy”

https://www.televisiontunes.com/Pow_Wow_The_Indian_Boy.html

http://www.toonopedia.com/powwowib.htm


24 posted on 02/26/2020 4:59:03 PM PST by bitt (A government afraid of it's citizens - should be afraid.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

hey commies are all about sharing the wealth so let’s see what happens

They are always ready to share in your wealth but not so much the other way.


25 posted on 02/29/2020 11:12:07 AM PST by RipSawyer ((I need some green first and then we'll talk a new deal!))
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