This whole Elizabeth Warren 1/512ths DNA "proof" of Native ancestry hurts Native people because it adds to the Republican attack that we are "race-based" and not citizens of nations. #Indigenous #Termination 1/5
This "race-based" argument was recently cited by a federal judge in Texas to declare ICWA unconstitutional and in violation of the 14th Amendment. The goal here is to declare TRIBES unconstitutional because they are "race-based." #ElizabethWarren #Indigenous #Termination 2/5
The writing is on the wall: Tribes need to get rid of blood quantum or disappear politically.
#ElizabethWarren #Indigenous #Termination 3/5
#ElizabethWarren #Indigenous #Termination 3/5
Also, who knows how many DNA tests she took before getting the result she wanted? #ElizabethWarren #Indigenous 4/5
The net result? She's fighting for HER political ascension but at the cost of OUR political credibility. #ElizabethWarren #Indigenous #Termination 5/5
And did the Macarthur Genius know he may have just matched her DNA to other fake Cherokees? Did he control for that? Without documentation of the specific ancestor that remains a strong possibility.
