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Navajo Nation leaders call Trump out for ‘careless’ Pocahontas comment
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| 11/29/2017
| Daily news
Posted on 11/30/2017 10:21:12 AM PST by mikelets456
President Trump invoking Pocahontas as a derogatory term during an event honoring Navajo Code Talkers cuts deep for many Native Americans.
The White House denied the President was using the name as a racial slur, but several Navajo Nation leaders and residents said on Tuesday that Trump has once again managed to make the name offensive.
Navajo Nation council delegate Amber Kanazbah Crotty called Trumps remark problematic and said his words diminish the experience of Pocahontas and all Native Americans.
Crotty said in a statement that Trumps careless comment is the latest example of systemic, deep-seated ignorance of Native Americans and our intrinsic right to exist and practice our ways of life.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: letter; navajo; trump
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To: mikelets456
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posted on
11/30/2017 11:01:39 AM PST
by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
To: mikelets456
Somebody’s gravy train was threatened if they don’t come out against Trump, I would guess.
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posted on
11/30/2017 11:03:16 AM PST
by
reasonisfaith
("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
To: nikos1121
Not referring to you, referring to the few liberal Indians they rounded up to complain.
Trump did what he wanted to do, and that was to air out the truth about Elizabeth Warren.
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posted on
11/30/2017 11:03:36 AM PST
by
nikos1121
(Tax cuts should be retro-active to January 1, 2017!!!!)
To: mikelets456
Navajo Nation council delegate Amber Kanazbah Crotty called Trumps remark problematic and said his words diminish the experience of Pocahontas and all Native Americans.
Don't presume to speak for me, Amber. And, how do words diminish the experience of being Indian?
Being Indian is not an experience. It is who one is, and if words diminish who you are, then you're rooted in nothing.
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posted on
11/30/2017 11:06:18 AM PST
by
righttackle44
(Take scalps. Leave the bodies as a warning.)
To: Fido969
Pocahontas was not a Navajo go away.
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posted on
11/30/2017 11:10:44 AM PST
by
jmaroneps37
(Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
To: rjsimmon
Increases are always in the picture, but as the amounts go up, so the local used furniture stores sell more dressers to keep the cash hoards in - preferably in 100 dollar denominations. Its a real shame when they run out of room in their rundown single-wides and have to keep the dressers outside.
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posted on
11/30/2017 11:14:36 AM PST
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: mikelets456
The three code talkers Trump with loved him. Anyone who watched the whole event knows that. Way too many people ignore context. The one guy praised Trump profusely. That was after the Pocahantas joke. Its on the WH youtube channel;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRSyKTzm5_U
15:15 in the video. Its great. Of course the media blacked that out.
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posted on
11/30/2017 11:16:59 AM PST
by
dynoman
(Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
To: libh8er
Why two days later ? Oh right, because the script had to be written first and sent to Navajo Nation.
To: mikelets456
So, they rustled upnsome race hustlers.
Woo woo woo woo woo woooooo! (Injun battle cry)
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posted on
11/30/2017 11:22:06 AM PST
by
right way right
(May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our one and only true hope.)
To: mikelets456
They batter shut the eff up and handle the drunkeness around their area. Per cap’ Gallup NM has the highest rate of alcoholism.
Guess why...
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posted on
11/30/2017 11:24:04 AM PST
by
crz
To: mikelets456
Tough $h#%!!! Why doesn't the Navajo Nation call “Pocahantas” to task for impersonating an American heroin.
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posted on
11/30/2017 11:31:05 AM PST
by
kenmcg
(tHE WHOLE)
To: mikelets456
Warren is guilty of “Stolen Honor” the same as military wanna bees wearing unearned medals .
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posted on
11/30/2017 11:36:11 AM PST
by
Lionheartusa1
()-: There is nothing DEMOCRATIC about the democrat party ,, stop using that term :-()
To: mikelets456
several Navajo Nation leaders and residents said on Tuesday that Trump has once again managed to make the name offensive.Um, no ... Warren made it offensive by claiming she was a Native American. Trump is simply mocking her ridiculous claim.
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posted on
11/30/2017 11:59:33 AM PST
by
al_c
(LIBERAL - Laughable Iconsiderate Blaming Entitled Ranting Anti-christian Loudmouth)
To: NutsOnYew
That didn't actually happen. The President was mocking Warren, not making a derogatory statement about the REAL Pocahontas and/or Native Americans in general.
Exactly. If someone lied about being a world class boxer to get a scholarship, and Trump called him Joe Lewis or Mike Tyson, it would not be a dig at Lewis or Tyson, or at black people. It would simply be mocking someone for making a ridiculous assertion.
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posted on
11/30/2017 12:00:44 PM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics.)
To: mikelets456
Critter is looking to boost her status
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posted on
11/30/2017 12:38:11 PM PST
by
Nifster
(I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
To: mikelets456
Darned auto correct
That should have said Crotty.
Begay aint much better
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posted on
11/30/2017 12:39:54 PM PST
by
Nifster
(I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
To: mikelets456
President Trump invoking Pocahontas as a derogatory term He did no such thing. He merely called Warren by the name of a famous female American Indian, mocking no one but Warren.
To: rjsimmon
My great-grandfather was Powhatan (Pamunkey) — my Nana was born on the reservation in Virginia. I am not offended by the “Pocahontas” remark.... any media types want to interview me? I have more Indian blood than Warren, that’s for sure.
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posted on
11/30/2017 2:51:33 PM PST
by
twyn1
To: twyn1
My great grandfather was a Powhatan also and my family traces back to early 1600’s Virginia-—. Possibly Pocahontas is in there also. And lots of other Powhatans in our line.
To: mikelets456
Pocahontas was a Powhatan. The Navajos are engaging in tribal appropriation.
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posted on
11/30/2017 3:50:39 PM PST
by
kevao
(Biblical Jesus: Give your money to the poor. Socialist Jesus: Give your neighbor's money to the poor)
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