[exit82]

"My father’s people said he should not marry her because she is part Cherokee and part Delaware. They eloped in order to deal with that. That is my mother’s story," she said.

Two things:

1. If Lieawatha's mom was 1/16 INDIAN, this statement says her mom was actually 1/32 Delaware and 1/32 Cherokee, which makes Lieawatha 1/64 Cherokee and 1/64 Delaware. so her Cherokee bonafides are down to 1.56%.

2.How did a Cherokee and a Delaware get together in the first place?

[9422WMR]

On the bank, of a river, stood Running Bear. Young indian brave.
On the far side, of the river, stood Little White Dove.

Running Bear,
loved Little White dove,
with a love,
that wouldn’t die......

I forget how the song goes after that, but maybe that song is where the squaw from MA gets her heritage from!
She heard her history on the radio.

[wideawake]

The Delaware resettled in Oklahoma in the 1860s, on land they purchased from the Cherokee.

Clearly there is someone on her campaign staff who is doing a lot of reading, trying to craft a more plausible backstory.