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Oprah Ancestry

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http://ethnicelebs.com/oprah-winfrey www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw43kWEKjn8

Oprah Winfery has both Liberian and Zambian ancestry. She comes from the Nkoya people, a tribe in Southern Zambia.

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Early Life 4th paragraph reference is not formatted correctly. 68.112.3.142 (talk) 18:16, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done Thank you Mattdaviesfsic (talk) 18:21, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Change _little text law_ to _title case law_ 2600:1702:AE0:24C0:5C11:AE34:B837:C282 (talk) 12:18, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Liu1126 (talk) 20:28, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Controversy

Shouldn't that be added due to recent events? 2601:280:C77F:71A0:E1D2:CB03:99FF:E453 (talk) 04:11, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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DNA tests

@User:Morbidthoughts A basic level of literacy on matters of Native American identity isn't a tall order, and knowing that DNA tests don't reliably determine Indigeneity claims is the most basic of basic details. I would be shocked if you didn't already know this. It is baseless, and frankly weird, to classify someone as a person "of Native American descent" based solely on the self-reported results of a DNA test. Bohemian Baltimore (talk) 06:53, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It is not self-reported. It was independently checked through third parties. I'm surprised you don't understand that. Morbidthoughts (talk) 07:28, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Morbidthoughts The category "American people of Native American descent" for this article cannot stand. That's just insulting to Native Americans. Please remove it. If you do not, we go to ARBCOM. When it comes to this level of racism, there really has to be a line drawn in the sand. This is not okay. This is an intolerable level of distortion of Native American identity. Bohemian Baltimore (talk) 07:37, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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 @[[User:Morbidthoughts]] A basic level of literacy on matters of Native American identity isn't a tall order, and knowing that DNA tests don't reliably determine Indigeneity claims is the most basic of basic details. I would be shocked if you didn't already know this. It is baseless, and frankly weird, to classify someone as a person "of Native American descent" based solely on the self-reported results of a DNA test. [[User:Bohemian Baltimore|Bohemian Baltimore]] ([[User talk:Bohemian Baltimore|talk]]) 06:53, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
 :It is not self-reported. It was independently checked through third parties. I'm surprised you don't understand that. [[User:Morbidthoughts|Morbidthoughts]] ([[User talk:Morbidthoughts|talk]]) 07:28, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
+::@[[User:Morbidthoughts|Morbidthoughts]] The category "American people of Native American descent" for this article cannot stand. That's just insulting to Native Americans. Please remove it. If you do not, we go to ARBCOM. When it comes to this level of racism, there really has to be a line drawn in the sand. This is not okay. This is an intolerable level of distortion of Native American identity. [[User:Bohemian Baltimore|Bohemian Baltimore]] ([[User talk:Bohemian Baltimore|talk]]) 07:37, 7 August 2024 (UTC)