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Last year, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren came under fire for claiming she was Native American based on family lore and trace amounts of Indigenous DNA an ancestry test detected. This week at a forum in Sioux City, Iowa she apologized for her previous statements and pledged she would…
Maine is stepping up to be the first state to ban the use of Native American mascots, names and imagery in public schools. Using mascots and other caricatures of Native American symbols and imagery has long been seen as offensive to cultures that were largely destroyed by white settlers. The…
A new Pew Research Center analysis of Census Bureau data finds that the “post-Millennial” generation, which are those born after 1996, “is already the most racially and ethnically diverse generation, as a bare majority of 6-to 21-year-olds (52%) are non-Hispanic whites.” The only population of youth that has grown substantially…
In a rebuttal to President Trump’s ridiculing of her as “fake Pocahontas,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has released a DNA test that shows “strong evidence” she has Native-American heritage. Meanwhile, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s family benefited from a U.S. program for minorities based on the doubtful claim his brother-in-law…
Republican precinct committeeman Michael Kalny of Shawnee sent a Facebook message about Democratic congressional candidate Sharice Davids, who is running against incumbent Republican U.S. Rep Kevin Yoder for the 3rd congressional district seat in Kansas. “The REAL REPUBLICANS will remember what the scum DEMONRATS tried to do to Kavanaugh in…
A federal judge on Wednesday ruled to cancel the Washington Redskins’ trademark registration, affirming a previous ruling that the team’s nickname is offensive to Native Americans. However, neither ruling stops the NFL franchise from using the name. The federal Trademark Trial and Appeal Board last year voted 2-1 that the…
By Julissa Catalan The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) released an official statement on Wednesday regarding the Trademark Trail and Appeal Board’s decision in the Blackhorse v. Pro Football, Inc. case. According to the statement, “Petitioners met their burden to establish that the term ‘Redskins’ was ‘disparaging to…
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