(for my mom): can someone explain to her how mexicans are part native american?

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she’s basically accusing me of “stolen valor” by saying “youre not indigenous, youre mexican,” despite having 25% “indigenous peoples: mexico” on my ancestry DNA test. can anyone please explain to my mother how this works? i tried to explain it but she wont listen to me.

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Being indigenous to the area and being Mexican are unrelated. If you’re part of the groups that lived there before the old world came and slaughtered, then you’re indigenous. If you just have family that’s Mexican, they could just as well be Spanish.

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