…has stirred up controversy with her claims of Native American ancestry.  The rightwingers are all over this—trying to find that one thing that will allow them to tarnish her.

I went over to Indian Country to see their take on this.

So…it is true that Warren does have Cherokee ancestry.  Perhaps she didn’t *know* in the traditional sense, but perhaps intuitively, she knew of her heritage.

The way that the rightwingers are playing this out was that she is dishonest and by somehow claiming Native American ancestry, she was chosen over *white* candidates….while not providing any proof that this occurred.   These are the same people who have claimed “reverse discrimination” whenever a woman or minority has gotten a good position–it *must* be because she/he was a minority and not because they were more qualified (or even over-qualified).