List of people of self-identified Cherokee ancestry
List of Self-identified people of Cherokee ancestry is a list of notable people who have (or claim to have) some Cherokee ancestry but are not enrolled citizens of any of the three Cherokee tribes.
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- Asa Earl Carter, author who claimed to be Cherokee[1][2]
- Letitia Chambers, former director of the Heard Museum[3]
- Ward Churchill, author and professor, who claimed to be Cherokee-Muscogee Creek[4][5][6]
- Kenneth Copeland, televangelist[7]
- Kevin Costner, actor[8]
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- Johnny Depp, actor
- Cameron Diaz, actor[9][10][11]
- Jimmie Durham, artist[12]
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- Four Arrows, Don Trent Jacobs, professor, writer, b. 1946[13]
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- James Garner, actor[14]
- Crystal Gayle, country singer
- Superstar Billy Graham (Eldridge Wayne Coleman), professional wrestler and fine artist, of part Arkansas Cherokee descent
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- Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970), musician, singer, and songwriter.[15]
- Jamake Highwater, author who claimed to be Cherokee-Blackfeet;[16][17][18]
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- Loretta Lynn, country singer
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- James Earl Jones, actor, also of Choctaw descent.[19]
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- Meggan Mallone, American pornographic actress, 1986[20]
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- Joseph Noonan "Waáno-Gano," artist[21]
- Chuck Norris, actor[22]
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- Dolly Parton, country singer[23]
- Lou Diamond Phillips, actor[24]
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- Robert Rauschenberg, artist[25]
- Della Reese, actress, singer
- Burt Reynolds, actor, director[26]
- Bob Ross, painter and television personality[27]
S
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- Quentin Tarantino, film director[29]
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- Sarah Vowell (born 1969), author and journalist[30]
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- Elizabeth Warren (born 1949), U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (elected 2012)[31]
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.
- ↑ Tropiano, Dolores. "Heard Museum’s Letitia Chambers." Phoenix Magazine. Dec 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
- ↑ 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]
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "James Garner". WCHS TV. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
- ↑ Shapiro, Harry; Glebbeek, Caesar (1995 Updated edition). Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy. St. Martin's Press. pp. 5–6, 13. ISBN 0-312-13062-7. Retrieved 2011-09-30. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ 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
- ↑ Levesque, Carl (1 August 2002). "Unconventional wisdom: James Earl Jones speaks out". Association Management (The Gale Group). Retrieved 2009-10-13.
- ↑ "Meggan Mallone Biography". Retrieved 2010-07-28.
- ↑ 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.
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- ↑ "Meet the Artist: LOU DIAMOND PHILLIPS - Concert of Excellence honoree", Second Generation, Oct 2004
- ↑ The Great Permitter - Time
- ↑ Burt Reynolds
- ↑ http://www.nndb.com/people/100/000099800/
- ↑ Patoski, p. 20
- ↑ [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.