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The discovery of a video tape of members of Senator Scott Brown’s campaign...

Author

Compiled by Debora Steel

Volume

30

Issue

7

Year

2012

The discovery of a video tape of members of Senator Scott Brown’s campaign doing so-called Indian war whoops and making tomahawk chops at a political rally has the senator on the hot seat in Massachusetts. Brown’s campaign staff, reports Native News Network, was looking to draw attention to the Democratic nominee Elizabeth Warren, a Harvard professor, who cited Cherokee as her American Indian heritage when she applied at Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania, though she has no documentation to back up the claim. Caught on tape at http://www.nativenewsnetwork.com/senator-brown-deputy-chief-of-staff-cau... \ was Brown’s deputy chief of staff and two members attempting to make Indian war whoops and making tomahawk chops. Said Brown’s campaign “Well, I haven’t seen it. This is the first I’m hearing of it. But I know we had a lot of rallies, so I don’t know what you’re specifically referring to, but if you’re saying that, certainly that’s not something I condone. It’s certainly something that if I am aware of it, I’ll tell that member to never do it again. But the real issue here is, and the real offense is the fact that Professor Warren checked the box. She said that she was white, and then she checked the box saying she was Native American and then she changed her profile in the law directory once she attained her tenure. That’s quite offensive to Native Americans.”