7 Awful Moments From Elizabeth Warren's Native American Heritage Debacle

"I listed myself in the directory in the hopes that it might mean that I would be invited to a luncheon, a group something that might happen with people who are like I am. Nothing like that ever happened, that was clearly not the use for it and so I stopped checking it off."

Warren said this when reached by the Boston Herald, who broke the Native American story, to explain why she was listed as a minority in the law school directory at Harvard. Warren's campaign has found some evidence that she is 1/32 part Cherokee.

“I don’t know more than that."

— Warren to reporters who asked her to explain why Harvard listed her as a Native American on May 9.

“Native American has been a part of my story, I guess since the day I was born, I don’t know any other way to describe it.”

— Warren to reporters in early May.

“The simple fact is that Elizabeth is proud of her heritage. Charles Fried, the former solicitor general in the Reagan administration, played a key role in her recruitment to Harvard and confirmed that her heritage was not a factor in her hiring. The fact that she listed her heritage in some professional directories more than 15 years ago does not change those facts.”

-- Warren's campaign spokeswoman Alethea Harney in response to the Scott Brown's campaign's calls to "come clean" about the Native American claims.

Warren cited a family cookbook as evidence of her Native American ancestry.

The cookbook was called "Pow Wow Chow," and was edited and published by Warren's cousin.