Over the old age , plenty of Hollywood champion have wangle their curriculum vitae and claim to be American Indians . Today , Kara Kovalchik is shaking the roots of those crime syndicate Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree to see just how authentic those claim really are .
1. Is Cher short for Cherokee?
Prior to 1973 , Cher ’s life always listed her father ( John Sarkisian ) as being of Armenian heritage , while her mother , Georgia Holt , was of Irish and German extraction . But when Cher ’s undivided " Half Breed" started climbing the Billboard chart ( it would eventually hit routine one ) , abruptly she remembered that she was 1/16th Cherokee on her mother ’s side . That biographic rescript probably helped stem protests from the Native community when Cher perform her hit in a full feathered headgear on an episode ofThe Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour . ( check this cartridge clip now , Cher ’s costume seems pretty tame , but back in 1973 I clearly commend my pop ’s and brothers ' tongues rolling out of their mouths like unfolding cerise carpets when she drive out on that horse . )
2. The Truth about Tonto
3. The Boy who Cried Pollution
If you children of the ' 80s and ' 90 have ever wondered what all this " give a darn , do n’t pollute" hoo - rah was about , you have Iron Eyes Cody to give thanks . From the late 1960s until the early 1980s , litter was a major cause of wayside , green and beach pollution in America . Discarded beer and soda cans , as well as paper udder with leftover - over fast food for thought debris , were a blight on the American landscape painting . Thanks to a tearful Indian , however , all of that slowly change . The Iron Eyes Cody public avail annunciation used Cody ’s careworn cheek to ponder the letdown of the people who ’d founded this land . Not long after , various law of nature were put into place that significantly tighten wayside litter . Here ’s the kicker though : Even though the defilement problem was very material at the meter , the Native American in the commercial message was not ; Iron Eyes Cody was actually Espera de Corti , the son of Sicilian immigrant .
4.Emergency!Ethics
5. Indian Wrestling
