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15. A lot of Americans have family lore of partial Native American ancestry...

Tue Nov 28, 2017, 12:26 PM

Nov 2017

My family included. I have always gathered that because of the widespread decline of Native American populations, particularly in the Northeast, the lack of written records, and the wholesale disappearance of various tribes, means that proof of such ancestry can be very difficult to obtain, if not impossible, short of a DNA analysis.

That said, I've always been proud of my possible American Indian content, and it has guided me in my love of nature. And, whether racists like Trump like it or not, American Indian culture is an integral part of American culture and awareness. To mock that is ... deplorable.

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But Sarah Huckleberry Sanders says she wasn't offended by it! marble falls Nov 2017 #1

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Well, that's okay then NastyRiffraff Nov 2017 #24

SHS is an arse in her own right. Sneederbunk Nov 2017 #28

I just saw a news clip of Trump's meeting with the Navaho code talkers... Rollo Nov 2017 #2

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