First, you have to be ABLE too.

I wonder if he’s positioning himself as a “moderate” in the vein of “isn’t it terrible how polarized we are, we can’t even have calm and reasonable discussions about whether LGBT people should be allowed to exist, I had to scrub my website of that very reasonable and not at all hate-validating discussion.”

Did she actually profit from claiming she was Native American or was it just 15 minutes of fame from the Oscars incident and a few articles on her passing? If she wasn’t going around selling fake trinkets as tribal made goods, pushing misinformation, conning donations that would never help anyone but herself, writing…

I’m sure, years later, John Wayne recounted to anyone who would listen about how he had to be held back from marching out there and giving her what-for In reality he was probably too drunk to notice what happened.

Yeah, this whole thing seems like a very “I’m white and therefore will shut the fuck up and leave this WHOLE mess alone” situation.

Seriously, gotta be precise about this stuff.

Ted Cruz's dad killed JFK is the unfounded rumour. Ted Cruz himself is, however, the Zodiac Killer.

One, she had cancer and died of cancer. I’ve seen what that looks like, that’s suffering regardless of if anything else also happened. Second, no matter what, she wasn’t a pedophile who raped children so I think you can pick a less inflammatory comparison. 

I don’t know why this bothers me so much, but whenever people report on this “death con 3" comment, it should immediately be followed by how this apparent “genius” doesn’t even know the simple concept of DEFCON levels. Like, how stupid is this man that everyone seems to follow because he participated in like two kind…

I think the big question is whether the Yaqui or the Apache tribes actually claim her as their own.

Or maybe you should read the responses to the article from other Native Americans who have had issues with Keeler for years for her exclusionary tactics and her vendetta against Native people who are not from a few specific tribes that she considers “real” Indians.

I hope they skin him alive.

It seems that some of the stories of the event have been exaggerated. For instance, one can watch the video and there were only a smattering of boos, which were quickly drowned out by applause. She was also applauded after she finished her speech. There are doesn’t seem to be any evidence John Wayne or anyone else…

Who cares?  She spent her life fighting to improve the lives of other people.  She’s the best type of person no matter what her DNA says. 

Yeah, nor would it be the first time people made claims like this about someone who was legitimately Indian, so forgive us if your anecdote isn’t determinative about this other case.

A DNA test proved that Elizabeth Warren does have Native American ancestry

This is the missing half of a conversation I glimpsed on Twitter talking about the intersection of Mexican and Native American ancestry. It’s relevant to point out that most white people and Americans in general have a very poor and stereotyped idea of what Native culture even is, let alone what constitutes ancestry.…

Pretty sure the portrait photo industry collapsed because the cameras in everyone’s phones got too good. But I’m happy you’re enjoying retirement.

Ah yes, my great grandpappy said the same thing - his whale oil lamp industry tanked the same day James Garfield was sworn into office. Could not have been a coincidence...

Yeah, it was definitely Obama’s fault and not the proliferation of handheld devices with high quality digital cameras. Your archaic industry is dying. Maybe you should go work at a newspaper or something.