Washington Post: Elizabeth Warren angers prominent Native Americans with politically fraught DNA test

Kim TallBear, a researcher at the University of Alberta, called Warren’s claims “yet another strike” against “tribal sovereignty.”

tallbear_native coverKim TallBear, a researcher at the University of Alberta, called Warren’s claims “yet another strike” against “tribal sovereignty.”

 

That erosion, TallBear said Monday on Twitter, has been long-standing.

 

“Non-Indigenous Americans will never stop making claims to all things indigenous: bones, blood, land, waters, and identities. The U.S. continues to appropriate every last thing.”

 

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Published in: Washington Post
By: Alex Horton