Trump denies promising $1M to Elizabeth Warren's charity pick if DNA test proved Native American ancestry

[orenwolf]

Given the broad implications of this topic and the discussion taking place, please keep discussions of what constitutes Aboriginal ancestry to the following topic:

Aboriginal ancestry

Yeah, I mean, this stuff is incredibly complex – one thing I’d love to get your thoughts on is the issue of “blood quantum”. As I understand it, this is generally being used by a number of Indigenous communities / tribes, but the idea of using blood quantum actually originated with Europeans, and has a rather problematic history. Do you happen to know much about this? I’m curious if you could shed some light on this for me – also, in your opinion, are there different attitudes toward this bet…

Thanks.