According to Manus, “It’s unfortunate that President Trump would refer to Sen. Elizabeth Warren as Pocahontas in a joking way.” He explained, “Pocahontas, although she wasn’t Navajo, definitely was a historical figure in the foundation of this nation who is misrepresented in history. And so we as the Navajo Nation don’t feel any member of any tribal nation should be used as the punchline of a joke.”
Pocahontas: Top Democrat Blasts Trump’s Racist Slur against Sen. Warren
