Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), a native of OK, claims she is some significant amount of Native American. Challenged to prove it, she had a DNA test run which shows she had a Native American ancestor some 6-10 generations back. Ho-effing-hum.
It turns out most Americans have roughly that much 'Indian' heritage, give or take. Which is fine except Warren claimed to have "significant" Native heritage, and she doesn't.
The Cherokees, which she claimed, say they don't recognize her claim. Translating their comments from the diplomatic language they obviously felt constrained to use, the subtext of their remarks was a strongly implied wish she'd stop talking about it and leave them alone.
Presumably, Warren is getting the story out of the way early, so when it is brought up during her run for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, she can shrug it off as "old news." I don't think the fact that she dishonestly claimed 'minority status' can be disposed of as easily as that.
