{"id":870771,"date":"2021-10-12T09:44:24","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T13:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=870771"},"modified":"2021-10-12T09:44:28","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T13:44:28","slug":"elizabeth-warren-celebrates-indigenous-peoples-day-social-media-happy-columbus-day-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elizabeth-warren-celebrates-indigenous-peoples-day-social-media-happy-columbus-day-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth Warren Celebrates Indigenous Peoples Day. Social Media: \u2018Happy Columbus Day, Chief!\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felizabeth-warren-celebrates-indigenous-peoples-day-social-media-happy-columbus-day-chief%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=870771&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Elizabeth-Warren-1-scaled.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>On Monday, Senator Elizabeth Warren, whose history includes her much-derided claim of identifying as a Native American, jubilated over what President Biden&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/10\/08\/a-proclamation-indigenous-peoples-day-2021\/\">proclaimed<\/a> \u201cIndigenous Peoples Day,\u201d prompting numerous hilarious responses on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Warren declared, \u201cIt\u2019s time the federal government also honors its promises to Native people,\u201d as she tweeted, \u201cI\u2019m glad to stand with tribal nations and Native communities as we celebrate their remarkable contributions, cultures, and resilience on #IndigenousPeoplesday. It\u2019s time the federal government also honors its promises to Native peoples.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.468965517241\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m glad to stand with tribal nations and Native communities as we celebrate their remarkable contributions, cultures, and resilience on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IndigenousPeoplesDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IndigenousPeoplesDay<\/a>. It\u2019s time the federal government also honors its promises to Native peoples.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenWarren\/status\/1447570182163947526?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Warren has claimed in the past that she was part Cherokee Indian and that she had had \u201chigh cheek bones like all of the Indians do.\u201d As far back as April 1986, Warren&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-elizabeth-warren-claimed-american-indian-ryan-saavedra\">claimed American Indian ancestry<\/a>&nbsp;in her application for the State Bar of Texas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWarren filled out the card by hand in neat blue ink and signed it,\u201d The Washington Post&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/elizabeth-warren-apologizes-for-calling-herself-native-american\/2019\/02\/05\/1627df76-2962-11e9-984d-9b8fba003e81_story.html\">reported<\/a>. \u201cDated April 1986, it is the first document to surface showing Warren making the claim in her own handwriting. Her office didn\u2019t dispute its authenticity.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.9\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here is the form Elizabeth Warren filled out for the State Bar of Texas claiming American Indian heritage. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VwHifS7BCL\">pic.twitter.com\/VwHifS7BCL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Amy Gardner (@AmyEGardner) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmyEGardner\/status\/1092941590555971585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe Texas bar registration card is significant, among other reasons, because it removes any doubt that Warren directly claimed the identity,\u201d the Post added. \u201cIn other instances, Warren has declined to say whether she or an assistant filled out forms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In February 2019, as The Daily Wire&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/elizabeth-warren-apologizes-cherokee-nation-taking-kassy-dillon\">reported<\/a>, Warren apologized to the Cherokee Nation after she released a DNA test from the previous October that showed she was as little as 1\/1,024 Native American.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/02\/01\/us\/politics\/elizabeth-warren-cherokee-dna.html\">The New York Times<\/a>&nbsp;reported that Cherokee Nation spokeswoman Julie Hubbard said Warren had a \u201cbrief and private\u201d call with Bill John Baker, the principal chief of the Cherokee Nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand that she apologized for causing confusion on tribal sovereignty and tribal citizenship and the harm that has resulted,\u201d Hubbard reportedly said. \u201cThe chief and secretary of state appreciate that she has reaffirmed that she is not a Cherokee nation citizen or a citizen of any tribal nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUsing a DNA test to lay claim to any connection to the Cherokee Nation or any tribal nation, even vaguely, is inappropriate and wrong,\u201d said Cherokee Nation Secretary of State Chuck Hoskin Jr. in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/campaign\/411633-media-embrace-of-warrens-1-1024th-heritage-an-epic-failure\">a statement to media<\/a>&nbsp;after Warren released her the test. \u201cIt makes a mockery out of DNA tests and its legitimate uses while also dishonoring legitimate tribal governments and their citizens, whose ancestors are well documented and whose heritage is proven.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In February 2020, over 200 members of the Cherokee Nation and other Native American tribes&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/more-than-two-hundred-native-americans-sign-letter-demanding-elizabeth-warren-clarify-comments-about-cherokee-heritage\">wrote a harsh lette<\/a>r to the Warren campaign, stating:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"15\">\n<p><em>Your history of false claims to American Indian identity and the defense of these claims with a highly publicized DNA test continue to dog your political career. For Native Americans, this moment is more than an annoyance; it represents the most public debate about our identity in a generation. In a country where Indigenous people are mostly invisible, what Americans conclude from this debate will impact Native rights for years to come\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>When you still defend yourself by stating you believed what you heard growing up, you set a harmful example for these white people stealing Native identity and resources with stories very similar to your own \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Warren\u2019s post celebrating Indigenous Peoples\u2019 Day elicited these responses:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.1\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FFS the irony <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FvtVbUI6Rg\">https:\/\/t.co\/FvtVbUI6Rg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DLoesch\/status\/1447605628122378253?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.8652482269504\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Good if you to say \u201ctheir,\u201d not \u201cour,\u201d given your history of self-serving appropriation.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Guy Benson (@guypbenson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/guypbenson\/status\/1447781154262749184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.8965517241379\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What do you mean &#8220;stand with?&#8221; Aren&#8217;t you an indigenous person?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dan O&#8217;Donnell (@DanODonnellShow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanODonnellShow\/status\/1447586435297681415?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.5588235294118\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Happy Columbus Day, Chief! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ut3OhuTuyW\">https:\/\/t.co\/ut3OhuTuyW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gerry Callahan (@GerryCallahan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GerryCallahan\/status\/1447627332068548608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.2869565217391\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This tweet was 1\/1024th of a good idea <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LLWwaFlLGH\">https:\/\/t.co\/LLWwaFlLGH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dan O&#8217;Donnell (@DanODonnellShow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanODonnellShow\/status\/1447586986932453377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, Senator Elizabeth Warren, whose history includes her much-derided claim of identifying as a Native American, jubilated over what President Biden\u00a0proclaimed \u201cIndigenous Peoples Day,\u201d prompting numerous hilarious responses on &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-870771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=870771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=870771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=870771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=870771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}