Many Americans are under the impression that the indians were noble and brave warriors and some sort of wise old saints who could do no wrong and were butchered by the big bad evil racist imperial White man, etc...The so called noble savage image. Also I think it's because they feel it validates their presence in America because the liberal schools like to pound it into kids minds that the White man stole America from the indians:rolleyes: Many people actually believe this lie and are suffering from White guilt, so they play up their either very very small or fabricated non existant indian ancestry to make up for their White guilt complex. At least....that's the way I see it anyhow. Couldn't tell ya.  I would imagine it is because Whites intermixed with the Cherokee much more than with any other indian group.  .