Note: this topic is from 05/09/2016. Thanks Mount Athos.
Posted on 05/09/2016 11:08:37 AM PDT by Mount Athos
For over a quarter of a century, Elizabeth Warren has described herself as a Native American.
After researching her story, it is obvious that her “family lore” is just fiction.
Ms. Warren’s great-great-great grandfather, was apparently a member of the Tennessee Militia who rounded up Cherokees from their family homes in the Southeastern United States and herded them into government-built stockades in what was then called Ross’s Landing (now Chattanooga), Tennessee–the point of origin for the horrific Trail of Tears, which began in January, 1837.
These were the troops responsible for removing Cherokee families from homes they had lived in for generations in the three states that the Cherokee Nations had considered their homelands for centuries: Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee.
While these involuntary home removals were not characterized by widespread violence, the newly displaced Cherokee mothers, fathers, and children found an oppressive and sometimes brutal welcome when they finally arrived at the hastily constructed containment areas. An estimated 4,000 Cherokees were warehoused in Ross’s Landing stockades for months awaiting supplies and additional armed guards the Federal Government believed necessary to relocate them on foot to Oklahoma.
It is time for Ms. Warren to publicly acknowledge the truth of her ancestry. It is time for her to admit that she has no Native American heritage that she can prove; and it is time for her to acknowledge instead, that she is likely a direct descendant of a Tennessee Militiaman who apparently rounded up the ancestors of those who truly have Cherokee heritage, the first step in their forced removal from the Southeastern United States to Oklahoma over the long and tragic Trail of Tears.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
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Jackson's opinions were colored both by his youth in the Carolinas where they were seen as British collaborators (even though there is no evidence of the Cherokee participating) and in his later years fighting them in Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and Louisiana.
Even though the situation had changed entirely by the time Jackson was president, his opinions did not change.
Interestingly, the one tribe which did collaborate with the British was the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, which provided soldiers for both the Tory and the Colonial side. Due to the later fact, they were excluded from the expulsion order. The government also withheld tribal recognition until 1956 and said recognition included only recognition, no federal payments. The reasoning is that the Lumbee are more wealthy than their peers. They own banks, businesses and real estate.
Note: this topic is from 05/09/2016. Thanks Mount Athos.
“Warren could clear all this up in a jiff if she would just spend $99.00 and get ancestry.com to analyze her DNA. (If she really wanted to.)”
There was a post recently that asserted unreliability in DNA tests of Indians.
““Warren could clear all this up in a jiff if she would just spend $99.00 and get ancestry.com to analyze her DNA. (If she really wanted to.)””
absolutely!
I’ve camped and hiked the areas around Joyce Kilmer and Snowbird creek in Graham County in the far western nook of NC.
This is one of the areas where the Cherokee hid to avoid being taken to Oklahoma. Rough country to say the least.
Great job opening that can if worms, Mr. President, otherwise it would never have seen the light of day.
Thanks madison10. One of the persistent memes / DNC talking points of the Partisan Media Shills is, the Republican is always an ignorant doofus, and the Democrat is always "the smartest guy in the room". Too bad for them that they believe their own propaganda.
Absolutely.
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