Have To Side With Elizabeth Warren On This

You may be shocked and surprised, surprised surprised...

that I would defend Elizabeth Warren (AKA Pocahontas) for claiming to be Cherokee.

I truly understand her circumstances, for I, yes I believed the same thing about myself, for YEARS!

As a little kid, listening to the stories of my grandpa and other older members of the family, I was fascinated by the tales of OUR Cherokee ancestors, and my great grandmother, who, they claimed, was full blooded Cherokee. 

It made all the sense in the world. She lived in the Missouri Ozarks, chewed tobacco, smoked a corn cob pipe, made poultices, and herbal medicines and stuff that really seemed to work.

I was a true believer.

Elizabeth Warren must have had a similar experience, and believed, with all of her little heart, that she had a Native American heritage, like me.

I was so disappointed when I learned that all the stories were made up. 

Great grandma was actually German, they say.

Why did they do that? 

I have trust issues, because of it, for sure!

Cowboy and Indian shows were very popular on T.V. when I was a kid, and Indians (Native American/Indigenous people), were always portrayed as very brave, great trackers, proud people...so maybe "white eyes" (that's what Indians called white folks, according to "westerns"), were Indian wanabe's in the 1950's, thus, conjuring up fake ancestry to be cooler than their neighbors.

I don't know...but for once in my life I'm on Elizabeth's side...but when she found out she was only one /one thousandth Native American, I'm positive she was as disappointed as me.