Most students, 48 percent, claimed to be Native American on their application....
According to Intelligent.com Managing Editor Kristen Scatton, the prevalence of applicants who claim Native American ancestry is possibly due to the popular narrative that for many Americans, a small percentage of their DNA comes from a Native American tribe.
Maybe these students are purposely misinterpreting “Native American” to be someone who was born and raised in the United States, perhaps with ancestors born and raised in the US as well. This is actually the older sense of the term “Native American”, found, for example, in the name of the Native American Party back in the mid-1800s.
Maybe these students are purposely misinterpreting “Native American” to be someone who was born and raised in the United States, perhaps with ancestors born and raised in the US as well. This is actually the older sense of the term “Native American”, found, for example, in the name of the Native American Party back in the mid-1800s.
The Amelia Bedelia defense.