@sumpnlikefaith i understand.. many of the indigenous people in my life still support her. Mainly because they're more traditional and feel that it should never be about race when someone is accepted because one of the seven sacred ceremonies is the making of relatives. They feel the blood quantum will only hurt natives in the long run. Not everyone feels that way, of course. Particularly those within AIM groups. It seems she was adopted but she also wasn't truthful.

@sumpnlikefaith turns out she was truthful, they say.. she said she didn't know.

anyway.. its clear the majority of my people still love her...

I have always hated blood quantum requirements, also... we're more than our blood..

@Museek Thank you for engaging in these delicate matters with me, and helping me steer my thoughts and feelings surrounding this whole situation.

I am eagerly learning about so much of what has been hidden in plain sight, so to speak.

@sumpnlikefaith I think it’s a no win situation. I felt similarly about Elizabeth Warren who because she said there was native ancestry in her family got torn up. I understand not taking away but lifting voices is extremely important and cultural affiliation, to me, is more important, but documents frequently say “white” and are often inaccurate. Bottom line for me is we’re all related and something my grandfather said: spirit has no color. We should all lift native voices, though imho

@sumpnlikefaith at any rate, it’s a learning experience for everyone. People will have their opinions and I’m sorry if people feel hurt. I can certainly see how it would be so but different tribes have different values and if anything, this illustrates it, well. I sort of hope she does take a dna test, I think if it turned out that she was, then she’d have a much stronger case than Warren because of her string support and cultural ties. All this landed on native people because of history.

@Museek I'm with you. I think there is great value inherently in Indigenous wisdom and perspective.

There is also is an important corrective in lifting up voices who are victims of colonisation, supremacism and exploitation which have loudly dominated human history for far too long.

@sumpnlikefaith when i say my people.. i mean my friends AND relatives, btw.. just in case that came off sounding strange...

@Museek There's so much beauty in the words and intentions of the traditional Indigenous people. I deeply wish her credibility was at the same level.

@sumpnlikefaith in native circles you are damned if you do and damned if you don't. I cant say what she was told or what she knew to be true. all i know is that she fought long and hard for native rights and if she wants to take a dna test to find out about her blood, then it might help but that cultural affiliation isn't racist. blood quantum is..