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In reply to the discussion: Warren offers public apology over claim to tribal heritage, receives standing ovation [View all]pnwmom
(108,975 posts)33. She had started in the decades earlier. And it brought her no benefit, so why
would you ascribe any nefarious motives to it?
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BeyondGeography
Aug 2019
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The issue was her idenifying as American Indian on her 1986 State Bar of Texas write-in form...
Drunken Irishman
Aug 2019
#10
There were NO BENEFITS to claiming it on that Texas bar form. And the forms she signed earlier
pnwmom
Aug 2019
#66
I think the issue was always her putting American Indian on 1986 State Bar of Texas write-in form...
Drunken Irishman
Aug 2019
#9
I've seen no claims made by her that she was told she was 100% American Indian.
Drunken Irishman
Aug 2019
#16
When she was young, the term octaroon was still in use, in some parts of the country.
pnwmom
Aug 2019
#73
I don't believe she argued for tribal heritage, but rather, claimed only that according to family
emmaverybo
Aug 2019
#26
I can relate to Elizebeth Warren. Growing up I was told I was part Cherokee ...
marble falls
Aug 2019
#40
Unlike you, Warren's DNA test proved she did indeed have Native American ancestry.
SunSeeker
Aug 2019
#52
To publicly claim Native American ancestry when all you have as proof is family legend
elocs
Aug 2019
#61
Her DNA test did NOT come back with a "big zero" like yours. It proved she was right.
SunSeeker
Aug 2019
#64