List of people of self-identified Cherokee ancestry
This list of self-identified people of Cherokee ancestry includes notable people who claim to have some Cherokee ancestry but are not enrolled citizens of any of the three Cherokee tribes.
A
C
- Asa Earl Carter, speechwriter and member of the Ku Klux Klan, attempted to reinvent himself as "Cherokee" author under the name "Forrest Carter"[1][2]
- Johnny Cash, singer; believed he had Cherokee heritage but dropped the claim after he had his genealogy checked and none was found
- Cher, actor and singer; actually of Armenian descent by father, Cherokee descent claim by mother dubious.[3]
- Ward Churchill, author and professor; claims to be Cherokee-Muscogee Creek[4][5][6]
- Kenneth Copeland, televangelist[7]
- Kevin Costner, actor[8]
D
- Johnny Depp, actor; has "guessed" that he has Cherokee, "or maybe Creek," heritage, despite his genealogy showing no Native ancestry[9][10]
- Cameron Diaz, actor[11][12][13]
- Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, author[14]
- Jimmie Durham, artist[15]
F
- Micki Free (born 1955), musician, also claims Comanche descent[16]
- Four Arrows (Don Trent Jacobs, born 1946), professor, writer[17]
G
- James Garner, actor[18]
- Crystal Gayle, country singer
- Superstar Billy Graham (Eldridge Wayne Coleman), professional wrestler and fine artist
H
- Ben Harper, musician
- Allison Hedge Coke, poet, author, claims to be of "of Cherokee, Creek, Huron, Metis, French Canadian, Lorraine, Portuguese, Irish, English, and Scottish heritage"[19]
- Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970), musician, singer, and songwriter.[20]
- Jamake Highwater, author; claimed to be Cherokee-Blackfeet[21][22][23][24]
L
- Sylvester Clark Long (Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance, 1890–1932), actor, author, journalist[25]
- Loretta Lynn, country singer
J
- James Earl Jones, actor; identifies as being of Choctaw descent[26]
K
- Thomas King, American-born novelist and broadcaster in Canada[27]
N
- Joseph Noonan "Waáno-Gano," artist[28]
- Chuck Norris, actor[29]
P
- Dolly Parton, country singer[30]
- Lou Diamond Phillips, actor[31]
R
- Robert Rauschenberg (1925–2008), Modern artist;[32][33]
- Heather Rae (born 1966), film producer, director, and actress[34]
- Della Reese (born 1931), actress, singer
- Burt Reynolds (born 1936), actor, director
- Bob Ross (1942–1995), painter and television personality[35]
S
- Selena (1971–1995), singer[36]
- Andrea Smith, associate professor, author[37]
- Leon Polk Smith, Modernist painter[38]
- Willard Stone, Art Deco sculptor[39]
T
- Quentin Tarantino, film director[40]
V
- Sarah Vowell (born 1969), author and journalist[41]
W
- Elizabeth Warren (born 1949), U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, also claimed Delaware descent[42]
See also
Notes
- ↑ Nolan, Maggie and Carrie Dawson, ed. Who's Who? Hoaxes, Imposture and Identity Crises in Australian Literature. St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 2004: 16-17. Retrieved 26 June 2012. ISBN 978-0-7022-3523-8.
- ↑ Bataille, Gretchen M. American Indian Representations. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2001: 49. Retrieved 26 June 2012. ISBN 978-0-8032-1312-8.
- ↑ "Cher: Thanksgiving the "Beginning of a Great Crime"". Native News Online. 29 Nov 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
- ↑ Richardson, Valerie. Report on Conclusion of Preliminary Review in the Matter of Professor Ward Churchill. University of Colorado at Boulder. 2005 . Retrieved 26 July 2009.
- ↑ Brown, Thomas. "Is Ward Churchill the New Michael Bellesiles?" George Mason University's History News Network. 14 March 2005. Retrieved 26 July 2009.
- ↑ Harjo, Suzan Shown. "Ward Churchill: The White Man's Burden." Indian Country Today. 3 August 2007. Retrieved 26 July 2009.
- ↑ https://www.billyebrim.org/sites/billyebrim.org/files/ATN_brochure.pdf
- ↑ "Kevin Costner: Pursuing The Dream", Time Magazine, Jun. 26, 1989, p. 4]
- ↑ "Disney Exploiting Confusion About Whether Depp Has Indian Blood". June 17, 2013. Retrieved August 13, 2013.
- ↑ "Is 'Tonto's Giant Nuts' a Good Name for Johnny Depp's Band?". Indian Country Today Media Network. May 22, 2013.
- ↑ Jenkins, David (2003-01-09). "Girl, interrupted". London: Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-03-06.
- ↑ "Cameron Diaz: Hollywood crowd-pleaser". BBC News. 2005-07-29. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
- ↑ Hawk, Mason (1998). "A Cheap Date With Cameron Diaz". NYRock. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
- ↑ Cornelius, Sloane (September–October 2016). "Caged by Myths". Native Peoples. 29 (5): 46.
- ↑ "Jimmie Durham: Colle di val d'elsa." Associazione Arte Continua. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
- ↑ "Micki Free American Horse: Biography". Micki Free. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- ↑ "Unlearning the Language of Conquest." University of Texas Press. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
- ↑ "James Garner". WCHS TV. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
- ↑ "Allison Adelle Hedge Coke". Academy of American Poets. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- ↑ Shapiro, Harry; Glebbeek, Caesar (1995). Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy (Updated ed.). St. Martin's Press. pp. 5–6, 13. ISBN 0-312-13062-7. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
- ↑ Nagel, Joane. American Indian Ethnic Renewal: Red Power and the Resurgence of Identity and Culture. Oxford: University of Oxford Press, 1996: 238. ISBN 978-019512063-9.
- ↑ Hoxie, Frederick E. Encyclopedia of North American Indians: Native American History, Culture, and Life From Paleo-Indians to the Present. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006: 191-2. Retrieved 26 June 2012. ISBN 978-0-395-66921-1
- ↑ Weaver, Jace. Other Words: American Indian Literature, Law, and Culture. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2001: 138. Retrieved 27 June 2012. ISBN 978-0-8061-3352-2
- ↑ Jacobs, Alex. "Fool's Gold: The Story of Jamake Highwater, the Fake Indian Who Won't Die". Indian Country Today Media Network. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- ↑ Barbara Smith (2011). Hoaxes and Hexes: Daring Deceptions and Mysterious Curses. Toronto, ON: Heritage House Publishing Co. Ltd., page 56.
- ↑ Levesque, Carl (1 August 2002). "Unconventional wisdom: James Earl Jones speaks out". Association Management. The Gale Group. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
- ↑ Gruber, Eva (2012). Thomas King: Works and Impact. Rochester, NY: Camden House. p. 134. ISBN 978-1-57113-435-6. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ↑ Snodgrass, Jeanne O. "American Indian Painters: A Biographical Directory." New York: Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1968. Retrieved 15 Oct 2013.
- ↑ Chuck, Norris. "Against All Odds: My Story". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved October 11, 2009.
- ↑
- ↑ "Meet the Artist: LOU DIAMOND PHILLIPS - Concert of Excellence honoree", Second Generation, Oct 2004
- ↑ The Great Permitter - Time
- ↑ "Robert Rauschenberg". Museum of the Gulf Coast. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- ↑ "Heather Rae". Vision Maker Media. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ↑ Bob Ross. NNDB. Accessed 19 June 2015.
- ↑ Patoski, p. 20
- ↑ "Activist Andrea Smith Speaks at PSR". Pacific School of Religion. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- ↑ Buck, Robert T. "Personal Recollections and Some Observations on Selected Paintings". Leon Polk Smith Foundation.
- ↑ "Stone Family History". Willard Stone Museum. 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
- ↑ Bernard, Jami (1995). Quentin Tarantino : the man and his movies (1st. U.S. ed.). New York: Harper Perennial. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-06-095161-0.
- ↑ "Interview: Sarah Vowell." Identity Theory. 22 May 2003 . Retrieved 10 July 2010.
- ↑ Harjo, Suzan Shown. "What’s the Deal With Elizabeth Warren, Cherokee?" Indian Country Today. 15 May 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
External links
- "Your Great-Great Grandmother Wasn't a Cherokee," Indian Country Today Media Network
- "Why Do So Many People Claim They Have Cherokee In Their Blood?," Nerve
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