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Warren Rebukes Trump’s ‘Pocahontas’ Nickname in Speech to National Congress of American Indians

By Thomas McKinless
Posted February 14, 2018 at 10:46pm

By Thomas McKinless

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren responded to President Donald Trump’s “Pocahontas” nickname for herin a speech to the National Congress of American Indians Wednesday afternoon. “…Now we have a president who can’t make it through a ceremony honoring Native American war heroeswithout reducing native history, native culture, native people to be the butt of a joke,” Warren said.

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