List of people of self-identified Cherokee ancestry
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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]
- Jimmie Durham, artist[14]
F
- Four Arrows (Don Trent Jacobs, born 1946), professor, writer[15]
G
- James Garner, actor[16]
- Crystal Gayle, country singer
- Superstar Billy Graham (Eldridge Wayne Coleman), professional wrestler and fine artist
H
- Ben Harper, musician
- Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970), musician, singer, and songwriter.[17]
- Jamake Highwater, author; claimed to be Cherokee-Blackfeet[18][19][20][21]
L
- Sylvester Clark Long (Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance, 1890–1932), actor, author, journalist[22]
- Loretta Lynn, country singer
J
- James Earl Jones, actor; identifies as being of Choctaw descent[23]
K
- Thomas King, American-born novelist and broadcaster in Canada[24]
N
- Joseph Noonan "Waáno-Gano," artist[25]
- Chuck Norris, actor[26]
P
- Dolly Parton, country singer[27]
- Lou Diamond Phillips, actor[28]
R
- Robert Rauschenberg, artist;[29] did not identify as Cherokee but may have had a Cherokee grandmother[30]
- Della Reese, actress, singer
- Burt Reynolds, actor, director
- Bob Ross, painter and television personality[31]
S
- Selena (1971–1995), singer[32]
- Andrea Smith, associate professor, author[33]
- Leon Polk Smith, Modernist painter[34]
T
- Quentin Tarantino, film director[35]
V
- Sarah Vowell (born 1969), author and journalist[36]
W
- Elizabeth Warren (born 1949), U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, elected in 2012[37]
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.
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- ↑ 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]
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- ↑ "Jimmie Durham: Colle di val d'elsa." Associazione Arte Continua. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
- ↑ "Unlearning the Language of Conquest." University of Texas Press. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
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- ↑ 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
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- ↑ Barbara Smith (2011). Hoaxes and Hexes: Daring Deceptions and Mysterious Curses. Toronto, ON: Heritage House Publishing Co. Ltd., page 56.
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- ↑ Snodgrass, Jeanne O. "American Indian Painters: A Biographical Directory." New York: Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1968. Retrieved 15 Oct 2013.
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- ↑ [1]
- ↑ "Meet the Artist: LOU DIAMOND PHILLIPS - Concert of Excellence honoree", Second Generation, Oct 2004
- ↑ The Great Permitter - Time
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- ↑ http://www.nndb.com/people/100/000099800/
- ↑ Patoski, p. 20
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- ↑ [The Man and his Movies. New York: Harper Collins|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.
