Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians chief voices support for Elizabeth Warren after she sparked controversy for taking a DNA test to prove her Native American ancestry
Ashley Collman Oct 16, 2018, 4:12 PM
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren released the results of her DNA test on Monday, which shows she likely has a Native American ancestor six to 10 generations back.Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Principal Chief Richard Sneed issued a statement on Tuesday largely supporting Sen. Elizabeth Warren after she took a DNA test to prove her Native American ancestry.
Sneed's statement proved a contrast to the statement released by the Cherokee Nation, one of the two other federally recognized Cherokee tribes, which called Warren's test "inappropriate and wrong."
President Donald Trump mocked her with the nickname "Pocahontas" and accused her of not being Native American for years.
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians issued a statement largely supporting Sen. Elizabeth Warren's recent DNA test to confirm her Native American ancestry - breaking with another tribe that called the move "inappropriate and wrong."
Eastern Band Principal Chief Richard Sneed said in a statement to Business Insider on Tuesday that while they "strongly condemn" people who try to pass off distant Native ancestry as their race, they don't believe that Warren has appropriated their culture.
"Senator Elizabeth Warren does not claim to be a citizen of any tribal nation, and she is not a citizen of the Eastern Band," he said. "Like many other Americans, she has a family story of Cherokee and Delaware ancestry and evidence of Native ancestry."
Sneed went on to say that Warren "has not used her family story or evidence of Native ancestry to gain employment or other advantage" and that "on the contrary, she demonstrates respect for tribal sovereignty."
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Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians chief voices support for Elizabeth Warren after she sparked controversy for taking a DN
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