Elizabeth Warren Ancestor Rounded Up Cherokees For Trail of Tears (2012 repost)

Breitbart ^ | 8 May 2012 | MICHAEL PATRICK LEAHY

[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.

[harpu]

Badabump...

[FirstFlaBn]

From Woodward and Bernstein (updated): follow the wampum.

[txrefugee]

So Warren may be rewriting the sordid parts of her family’s history. This should be easy to check out.

[Seaplaner]

Elizabeth Warren owes REPARATIONS to the Cherokee nation!

Excellent idea!

[Vlad The Inhaler]

[Enchante]

Fauxcahontas doesn’t have an “Indian side”.... she is pure “White Oppressor” through and through.

Deal with it, Fauxcahontas!!

[lizma2]

I want to read Brian Kilmeade’s book: “Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans: The Battle That Shaped America’s Destiny” before I would comment.

Best to make decisions based on knowledge than on emotions. History is complicated. Hell, so is the present.

[Zhang Fei]

Re Jackson, if you weren’t already aware, he will remain on the $20 bill. That’s the difference an election makes:

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_twenty-dollar_bill
On April 20, 2016, Lew officially announced that Alexander Hamilton would remain on the $10 bill, while Andrew Jackson would be replaced by Tubman on the front of the $20 bill, with Jackson appearing on the reverse.[20][21][22] Lew simultaneously announced that the five- and ten-dollar bills would also be redesigned in the coming years and put into production in the next decade.[20][22] Steven Mnuchin, the current U.S. Treasury Secretary, said that he will not commit to putting Tubman on the twenty-dollar bill, explaining “People have been on the bills for a long period of time. This is something we’ll consider; right now we have a lot more important issues to focus on.”[23]

[Freedom of Speech Wins]

Is Warren also related to General Custer?