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Did you know that the DC metro area, especially the garbage heaps known as Prince George's County, MD and Prince William County, VA, is home to the highest concentration of people with Native American heritage in the country!? It's true! Just listen to 106.7 The Fan any afternoon to hear their proud proclamations of 'HEY WHADDUP LEVAR YOU THE MAN I JUS WANNA SAY I'M 1/32 CHEROKEE OR CHOCTAW OR SOMETHIN AND I AINT OFFENDED BY THAT NAME! IT'S JUST ALL ABOUT PRIDE, MAN, AND IF YOU CAN'T SEE THAT, THEN, UH...YOU'RE THE RACIST.

And then there’s Chakotay. Chakotay was probably always going to be a problematic character. He’s the first Native American lead character on a Star Trek show. However, he is portrayed by a Mexican American actor Robert Beltran, which seems like an awkward choice, particularly since the franchise had a history of casting Native American actors for major Native American roles in episodes like Journey’s End. However, the casting of Chakotay is perhaps one of the character’s least problematic aspects...Chakotay doesn’t belong to an existing Native American tribe. Instead, he’s a member of a fictitious Native American collective known as the 'Anurabi' The character has been described by Al Carroll as 'a Frankenstein-like patchwork of New Age fantasies and misconceptions.'

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