Actually, the truth is (likely) the opposite.
The White Privileged Class at Haaaaavad offered her the Affirmative Action ( Indian Minorities) Position so they wouldn't have to hire a real INJUN.
P.S. As proof of my theory, I offer up the fact that it was the University that made a big deal out of the fact they hired a (so called) Native American.
P.P.S. Although ‘native american’ is used, it is a misnomer. If you were born in the US, you are a native American.
The proper term for what Warren claims to be is American Indian.
Except that she had already had herself listed as a “minority” “Native American” for nearly a decade in the national law faculty directory, years before she ever got near Harvard. It’s about a lot more than her arrival to the Harvard faculty, although of course they were delighted to pretend she was their first “woman of color” on the Harvard Law faculty. She used this fake status to advance with Penn as well, before Harvard.
any bets as to whether or not HLS scarfed a Federal Grant to fund the position?
The Haaaaavvvvaaaard position probably came down to Ward Churchill and Elizabeth Warren, and she got the position because the western tribes blew the whistle on Ward.