Native Americans Ask Warren to Fully Retract Ancestry Claims
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More than 200 citizens of the Cherokee Nation and other tribes sent a letter to Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday asking her to more fully recant her past claims of Native American ancestry.
“For Native Americans, this moment is more than an annoyance; it represents the most public debate about our identity in a generation,” the read. “Whatever your intentions, your actions have normalized white people claiming to be Native, and perpetuated a dangerous misunderstanding of tribal sovereignty.”