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Tribal leaders, Native politicians, researchers and activists all piled on a heavy helping of backlash when Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren revealed her DNA results. Her attempts at having the last, scientific word followed years of insults by Donald Trump, going back to even before he was elected president, mocking her decision to claim Native heritage. She has her defenders, but Warren managed to inflame one feud while trying to settle another. Why is there such sensitivity toward DNA ancestry?

Guests:

Dr. Kim Tallbear (Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate) – Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples, Technoscience & Environment and Associate Professor at the University of Alberta

Norbert Hill (Oneida Nation of Wisconsin/ Mohawk/Cree) – former director of Education for Oneida Nation of Wisconsin and
co-editor of “The Great Vanishing Act”

Doug Kanentiio George (Mohawk Nation) – vice president of the Hiawatha Institute for Indigenous Knowledge

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For a fee, you can fill out an application, swab your cheek and find out if you have Native ancestry. Dozens of online services perform this service for hundreds of curious people. But does the result mean you can finally declare your Cherokee heritage? What do online DNA kits really tell us about Native ancestry? If you actually find out you have Native heritage, what do you do with that information?

Guests:

Dr. Kim Tallbear (Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate) – associate professor in the faculty of Native studies at the University of Alberta

Shannon Shaw Duty (Osage) – editor of the Osage News

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