Cherokee Chief Demands Apology From Scott Brown

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Bill John Baker, chief of the Cherokee Nation, is demanding that Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) apologize after a video surfaced showing members of his staff make tomahawk chops and “Indian war whoops” at Elizabeth Warren supporters, reports the New York Times:

“The conduct of these individuals goes far beyond what is appropriate and proper in political discourse,” the chief, Bill John Baker, said in a statement. “The use of stereotypical ‘war whoop chants’ and ‘tomahawk chops’ are offensive and downright racist. It is those types of actions that perpetuate negative stereotypes and continue to minimize and degrade all native peoples.”

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