re: #717 JHW

Yes I know. Maybe I being a little smart alec. It’s an inside joke among Indian people about Caucasians claiming to be part Indian or having Indian ancestors. When they hear it ,it’s “Let me guess, you’re part Cherokee, right”?
Invariably, when Caucasians claim Indian ancestors, it’s Cherokee. I had a lot of links on this for quite a while, and the Nation itself is very irritated about it, so much so that they demand genealogical proof from the rolls, especially from some minor celebrities and such. The Ward Churchill affair really irritated them. Such people are derisively known as wannabes, and are constantly mocked by Natives.

No kidding. And don’t EVEN get started on the Plastic Medicine Men that seem to be every freakin where. New Agers suck.