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Important distinction: Warren didn’t just say she had Cherokee ancestry. She claimed she WAS Cherokee. Not descended from (which she also wasn’t). She identified herself as a minority for years: politico.com/blogs/burns-ha…

When actual Cherokee activists travelled to confront Warren over her claims, Warren refused to meet with them, prompting one to claim “it’s like we don’t exist:"

legalinsurrection.com/2012/06/elizab…

When Warren was asked by media to provide some sort of evidence, she said “I have plenty of pictures, they’re not for you.”

Warren self-identified as an indigenous American legalinsurrection.com/2012/04/confir… and refused to explain why to media and Cherokee activists.

Actual Cherokee disproved Warren’s genealogy claims and demanded that Warren explain why she continued to falsely claim that she was Cherokee:

Cherokee activists created a group called Cherokees Demand Truth and produced videos calling out Warren:

Still other actual Cherokee slammed Warren in an add for MA GOP:

Cherokee genealogist Twila Barnes blew apart Warren’s ridiculous story wherein she claimed her grandfather had “high cheekbones:”
pollysgranddaughter.com/2012/07/elizab…

William Jacobson at @LegInsurrection and others painstakingly fisked each of Warren’s claims — even proving that Warren’s grandfather wasn’t an indigenous American, rather, he killed them:
legalinsurrection.com/2012/10/elizab…