America's mixed-race Vice President

Gene Expression
By Razib Khan
Jul 10, 2008 3:38 AMNov 5, 2019 9:30 AM
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Most Americans are not aware that Herbert Hoover's Vice President, Charles Curtis, was 3/8 Native American and spent time on the Kaw reservation as a youth. He was also a Kansan. NPR has a piece up which looks back at this historical footnote.

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