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FINALLY! A Native American Tribe Has Offered Elizabeth Warren Membership. There’s Just One Problem.

Emily Zanotti

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has finally gotten her dearest wish: a Native American tribe has offered her official membership within their ranks, thus rendering her claims of Native American ancestry official by most objective standards.

There’s just one problem: the tribe is unrecognized and is made up of individuals who have been rejected by real Native American tribes for lacking evidence of ancestry.

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