Seems that people who claim to be part Native American are treated poorly and if they don't claim to be they're treated poorly. Who is to say? The head of the Cherokee tribe in Oklahoma stood up for Senator Elizabeth Warren and her claim to be part Cherokee but then she went silent on that. This man is recognized by his state to be on the Northern Cherokee Nation but, oops, once listed himself as white. I have all my life listed myself as white because I look white and was raised white but late in life two things occurred, on on the Dawes Roll and had a tribal card and number. She swore we should keep looking but maybe since our branch stopped in Northeast Arkansas, we were never enrolled. On my father's side, we finally met up with Jim Thorpe's daughter, Gail. Her research of her family had stopped had, a courthouse destroyed by flooding or fire. She determined we are cousins. That still does not give me legal proof.

How is he a "Fake Indian" ? If he is enrolled in a State Recognized Indian Tribe how does it make him Fake? Just because he is not enrolled in a Federally Recognized Tribe does not make him any less Indian than those enrolled in one. If this mentality keeps up the Government will have won on wiping out all Indians who they don't approve of. This is yet another form of Cultural Genocide and I don't approve of it in any shape or form. I am against Fake Indians but how is this person Fake? If he is indeed Native than whom am I to judge him on how much he is or is not?

In accordance with the NEW MEDIA SENSATIONALISTIC BOMBASTIC declaration, a WHITE MAN can now be an "indian" or what-ever they can call them-selves. If Jenner can be a "woman" If Rachel can be "black" If and Illegal can be "American" Why is "Terry Lee" being labeled as poser, fraud, etc? By the nature of Public Perception, a non-Indian has the 'right' to participate now in Indian Pow-wows, foods, indian cultural. To say otherwise, YOUR being racist, bigoted, simplistic, uninformed.

The "Northern Cherokee Nation" is not a state-recognized tribe.

This should not read Fake Indian it would be more accurate to say More Federal Government BS. Frankly I do not need any government paper to tell me who I am. Blood Quantum is only Indians. Blood quantum isn't used to determine how African American you are. Only the American Indian has to prove blood quantum. More paper geneocide.

This should not read Fake Indian it would be more accurate to say More Federal Government BS. Frankly I do not need any government paper to tell me who I am. Blood Quantum is only Indians. Blood quantum isn't used to determine how African American you are. Only the American Indian has to prove blood quantum. More paper geneocide.

This should not read Fake Indian it would be more accurate to say More Federal Government BS. Frankly I do not need any government paper to tell me who I am. Blood Quantum is only Indians. Blood quantum isn't used to determine how African American you are. Only the American Indian has to prove blood quantum. More paper geneocide.

Only the "white man" gives himself the authority to "define" what another human being is and the white man defined himself the moment he came to Turtle Island. OK, fair is fair, what's good for the Goose is good for the Gander. So let me take a moment to give myself the authority to define "The White Man!" First, I love what George Catlin once said concerning the Tribes...“I love a people who have always made me welcome to the best they had … who are honest without laws, who have no jails and no poor-house … who never take the name of God in vain … who worship God without a Bible, and I believe that God loves them also … who are free from religious animosities … who have never raised a hand against me, or stolen my property, where there was no law to punish either … who never fought a battle with white men except on their own ground … AND OH! HOW I LOVE A PEOPLE WHO DON"T LIVE FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY." There you have it! The definition of the white man...THE LOVE OF MONEY! After all that is what this is all about! This is what drove the white man to destroy the Tribes of Turtle Island...LAND, GOLD, GREED! They live for money! They will die for money! Their whole life evolves around money! Their GOD IS MONEY! Their love for money blinds them to the importance of the life of another human being. And I don't care what color a person might be, if their sole purpose in life is to make money at the cost of anything and everyone in their way, they are WHITE! I once told a white attorney "You can't reason with greed." He looked at me like he got a revelation because he had never heard that before. And it is true! You cannot reason with greed! And greed is the motivator of the white man...GREED! Tell me, how can a man murder millions of people with no conscience of the EVIL that they have committed? And all this talk about what would qualify a person to be "Indian," tell me what's behind it? MONEY! So, my definition of the white man is this. If you will steal, kill, destroy, lie, cheat, turn your back on another human being because if you help them it will cost you something and harm another human being for money, (and it doesn't matter what the color of your skin is) you are The White man!

The "Northern Cherokee Nation" is not a state-recognized tribe. In 2015, Missouri has no state recognized tribes. This group is just one of hundreds of organizations fraudulently claiming to be a Cherokee tribe.

For further clarity on this article, refer to the original story on KansasCity.com. The Kansas City story makes the situation more clear, but one can assume that the feds may not have correctly interpreted the Indian Arts & Crafts law: "Neither Whetstone nor his lawyer responded to requests for comment, and he is not a member of the federally recognized Cherokee Nation, according to records of the Oklahoma-based tribe. But he is an enrolled member of the Northern Cherokee Nation, according to Chief Kenn Grey Elk. And while that nation is not federally recognized, it is officially recognized by the state of Missouri, according to Grey Elk.... For purposes of complying with the Indian art law, the artist must be an enrolled member of a tribe officially recognized by the federal government or a state. It is unclear whether Grey Elk’s assertion that Whetstone is a member with the Northern Cherokee Nation will have any impact on the federal case." Read more here: https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article25737253.html#storylink=cpy