I want to add a couple thoughts. 1) The political context matters here. Warren used the DNA test to gain some sort of "everywoman" bona fides and it backfired royally when Cherokees and other Indigenous peoples rebuked the test and its implications as damaging to our sovereignty.
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As Rebecca, Adrienne Keene (
@NativeApprops) and I note "At stake is the ability of sovereign Indigenous nations to determine citizenship and belonging according to their own cultural beliefs and historical understandings of community."http://www.criticalethnicstudiesjournal.org/blog/2018/12/19/syllabus-elizabeth-warren-cherokee-citizenship-and-dna-testing …Näytä tämä ketju -
But the central contradiction that was pointed out OVER and OVER again in Indian Country was that Warren cannot claim to be our relative by "measuring" or "proving" DNA. That biologism is exactly what settler colonial societies have used to eliminate Native people for centuries.
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Now, 2) Warren apologizes. In private. Quietly. Ok, fine. But this does not change the political ramifications of what she has done. It is an important step, but a small one. And she will not gain our trust without real, meaningful engagement with us.
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In the end, it seems to me, the dispute over whether or not she is Cherokee is less harmful than the way she has completely disregarded how Cherokees define ourselves. In order to be an ally, she has to bring herself back into good relations with us. That means following up.
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That means owning the harm she has done, and working alongside tribal citizens to work toward the goals that we have as sovereign peoples. It is only in walking the walk that she'll regain some of the respect that some people in Indian Country once had for her.
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Hola please find the unroll here: Thread by
@PepePierce: "So, here@rebeccanagle lays it out clearly. "All of those things aren't how indigenous people measure and determine Nati […]" https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1091492254831857664.html … Enjoy :)
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