Native American leaders fired back at President Donald Trump’s reference to Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) as “Pocahontas” by calling the term an “unnecessary” ethnic slur. Trump, who has identified Warren as “Pocahontas” before, made the remark during a ceremony Monday recognizing Native American code talkers who served during World War II. “This was a day to honor them and to insert something like that, that belongs on the campaign trail, it doesn’t belong in the room when our war heroes are being honored,” Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye told CNN’s “New Day” on Tuesday. Navajo Nation Council Delegate Amber Kanazbah Crotty on Monday called Trump’s comment “deeply offensive and dangerous.”

Source: Huffington Post November 28, 2017 12:46 UTC