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Dec 1, 2017 · The final snippet of Warren’s tribal tale is trivial but has delighted her critics to no end. In 1984, a cousin in Oklahoma asked her to contribute recipes for a cookbook billed as "recipes ...
Oct 30, 2018 · The new findings support Warren’s claim that she has at least one Native American ancestor, although they cannot reveal whether that individual was a member of any specific tribe.
- President of The United States
Oct 16, 2018 · Nearly a week after Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) apologized to the Cherokee Nation for a controversial DNA test that suggested she had Native American heritage, a new report has emerged that...
Feb 1, 2019 · "Tribal citizenship is very different than ancestry. Tribes and only tribes determine tribal citizenship." Warren's call to the Cherokee Nation marks a split from how she's dealt with this...
- How Did The Debate Over Warren's Heritage Start?
- What Do Her Critics Say?
- Did The DNA Test She Took Prove Her Claims?
- What Do Historians and Genealogists Say?
- Did Her Self-Identified Minority Status Help Her Career?
- So, Is Warren Actually Native American?
Warren, who grew up in Oklahoma, land that was once Indian Territory, reportedly listed herself in a directory as a minority professor for nine years (from 1986 to 1995) before eventually landing a job at Harvard. During Warren's hotly contested Senate bid in Massachusetts in 2012, The Boston Herald uncovered a 1996 student newspaper article quotin...
Political rivals over the years have attempted to paint Warren as a liar and an opportunist. "Elizabeth Warren said she was a Native American, a person of color," then-Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., said of Warren during one 2012 debate. "As you can see, she's not." After Warren emerged as a harsh Trump critic during the 2016 presidential campaign, Tru...
Warren had her DNA analyzed by Carlos D. Bustamante, a Stanford University professor and one of the world's leading DNA analysts. He said it was likely she had at least one Native American ancestor some six to 10 generations ago, noting in a campaign-style video released by the senator that five segments of her DNA suggested she was a Native Americ...
Smolenyak, who has traced former first lady Michelle Obama's family back to slaves and former President Barack Obama's ancestors to Ireland, said six to 10 generations back isn't actually that far when it comes to ancestry. “We’re talking 150-250 years ago," she said. “150 years ago, if there would have been a Native American in her family, would t...
Warren has adamantly insisted that she never used her heritage to get ahead, and there’s no evidence that it was a deciding factor in her employment at Harvard. The Boston Globe published an exhaustive investigation in September that included a review of university personnel files — first released to the paper by the senator — and more than 100 int...
Her DNA strongly suggests it. Warren has been unable to find proof in the historical documents used to confirm such claims by the tribes, however, and she's been quick to note the difference and state that she is not claiming citizenship in any tribe. "I understand that distinction, but my family history is my family history," she said in a videoab...
- Senior Reporter
Feb 6, 2019 · Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is once again apologizing for claiming Native American ancestry after the Washington Post reported that she filled out a registration card for the State Bar of...
Oct 15, 2018 · In a rare political riposte, Senator Elizabeth Warren on Monday released an analysis of her DNA indicating that she has a Native American ancestor, likely between six and 10 generations back...
