'Fraud': Conservative Blogger Claims She is Oglala, But Oglala Nation Says She is Not

[KamaAina]

http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2015/05/29/fraud-conservative-blogger-claims-she-oglala-oglala-nation-says-she-not-160545

Conservative blogger Ellie Reynolds claims to be Oglala Lakota. She has appeared several times on Fox News Insider, leaning on her alleged heritage to speak in favor of Native American mascots.

But on Thursday, the Oglala Lakota government in Pine Ridge, South Dakota rejected her claim that she is a citizen of their nation.

Kevin Steele, a spokesman for the Oglala Lakota, told ICTMN that their enrollment office had investigated Reynold’s claim and said she is not on record as having any lineage to their people.

"I believe it's a fraud," Steele said about Reynolds. He said she cannot claim to be Oglala Lakota because "she has to be enrolled" in order to do so.

Didn't the RW give Elizabeth Warren a whole bunch of crap over this very same thing?

[Wellstone ruled]

1. Way to go Mr. Steele.

These types of claims about Native Nation Rights happen more than one thinks. Glad to see the South Dakota folks took the time to expose this fake.

[Warpy]

2. Yeah, probably the way I'm Mohawk

It was so damned long ago most of the culture has been forgotten and I sure don't look like it. I know it's there and makes me an American Mutt and that's enough. I'm certainly not going to annoy the current tribe with my presence, they've got enough problems, and I sure as hell know enough not to try to speak for them.

Then again, I'm not an arrogant right winger who thinks she's qualified to speak for everybody.