I think it has something to do with the hip-hop culture, these Whites don't want to be White, so they will say they are a part native American, partly to get acceptance from their black friends, and they seem this way they become ''cooler'', this is just a theory of mine But then again according to all of the statistics I've read an estimated 40% of all White Americans actually have some level of indian ancestry, especially in the South (ie. Cherokee). I think they're usually telling the truth. But they don't have to brag about it. Supposedly the rumor has it that I have some Seminole ancestry from my father's side of the family but I don't know if it's true or not, I imagine so I don't think my Grandma would lie about being part Seminole I think she was like 1/4 or something, but I don't go around telling this to everyone because what's the point? If it's true then it's just a drop in the bucket and I want nothing to do with it, nothing to get worked up about. There are a ton of White Americans with minor indian ancestry, especially in the south. Alot of them don't even know it.