Posted on 10/18/2018 6:06:55 AM PDT by Zakeet
The political world was confused Monday when Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren released the results of a controversial DNA test that was years in the making.
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The Cherokee Nation issued a blistering statement calling Warren's decision ... "makes a mockery out of DNA tests and its legitimate uses while also dishonoring legitimate tribal governments and their citizens."
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Then we headed inside the sprawling four story building to see if there was any sign of Warren in the museum.
A detailed floor-by-floor, exhibit-by-exhibit search turned up no sign of Warren. However, then came one of our final stops, at the Pocahontas exhibit.
To our surprise, there Warren was - tucked in a corner on the glowing digital screen along with President Trump. Warren is found on a digital screen that explains how Trump labeled the senator with the nickname "Pocahontas" - and why that's not a bad thing.
The museum goes out of their way to explain in the caption that the name "Pocahontas" is not an insult - according to Trump - but rather insults Warren's "claims of Indian ancestry."
"President Donald Trump says that when he calls Senator Warren 'Pocahontas' he is not insulting her," the caption reads - going on to classify Warren's Native American ancestry as "claims."
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Unfortunately I went to that museum one time in DC. I would not even describe it as a museum. Supposedly it is called a “cultural museum”. One learns nothing about the Native Americans.
Yes, correct, I forgot to include that caveat. MAY HAVE 1/1024th. Thus, may not have. And not even American Indian, but Central and South American Indian, as if Indians are Indians. And a drop of DNA makes her one? Makes a joke of identity politics. Someone on FR wrote that she wins the 2018 Rachel Dolezal Award.
To be fair, Sen. Warren claims that it is a family oral tradition that says she is part tribal. Back when I was a junior in College, I did an informal survey of friends and fellow classmates on their ancestry. 20% said that they were told that they had some American Indian ancestors, Choctaw, Navajo, Mohawk, and others. So her account is not entirely unbelievable. Her using that claim to advance her career in school and academia, and politics, on the other hand....
I have read that the Cherokee word for a white claiming to be indian is “Unaki.” There is a murder mystery by Sharon McCrumb about a group of people in Eastern Tennessee trying to gain recognition from the Bureau of Indian Affairs as the Unaki Tribe.
NRA spokesbabe, Dana Loesch, really does have Cherokee blood; however, she doesn’t call herself an Indian or Native American. p.s. Anyone born in this country is a native American and no particular ethnic group has the right to arrogate themselves to such a title.
Ha, ha, dry beaver!
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