Thread by @jaketapper

POTUS called Sen. Warren "Pocahontas" in April 2017. The bi-partisan National Congress of the American Indians said "we cannot and will not stand silent when our Native ancestors, cultures, and histories are used in a derogatory manner for political gain.”

Continued NCAI: “the name of Pocahontas should not be used as a slur...we hoped that President Trump would refrain from using this name as a pejorative term and other such terms that insult Native peoples and degrade their cultures in order to score political points."

NCAI is the oldest & largest American Indian and Alaska Native organization, and that's what they think of the president using that slur, @PressSec & @POTUS.

-fin-

Oh- and for anyone wondering, here's NCAI on the 2012 Massachusetts Senate race:

ncai.org/news/articles/…

And here's some critical 2012 coverage from Indian Country Today

indiancountrymedianetwork.com/news/elizabeth…