The ancestry profile showed that Warren had Native American DNA from “six to 10 generations ago,” which the AP <\/i>said would make her between 1\/32 to 1\/512 Native American. The Cherokee Nation rejected the use of DNA testing as “inappropriate and wrong.”<\/p>\nAmending Relationships<\/b><\/h2>\n
Warren’s Native American ancestry is a thing of the past, so says some of the tribal members who attended her meeting this week in Oklahoma.<\/p>\n
\nShe’s apologized for that, and I don’t speak for tribal leaders, but in my mind that is no longer an issue at all,” said Kalyn Free, a Democratic national committeewoman from Oklahoma. “She didn’t meet with them because of that issue. She met with them because she genuinely cares about tribal leaders and the issues that are important to them.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Trump carried Oklahoma over Hillary Clinton by 36 points. The Sooner State is steadfast red, voting for the Republican presidential candidate in each election since 1968.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D) is in her native Oklahoma this week for the holidays, and the 2020 hopeful took the opportunity to meet with tribal leaders in an effort to repair her strained relationship with Native Americans. Warren met with members from 39 tribes based in the Sooner State. Behind only California, Oklahoma has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":123028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,18456],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Sen. Elizabeth Warren Woos Native American Tribes in Oklahoma<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n