‘...Baker is a fourth-generation Cherokee born... His great-great-grandmother was brought there in the early 19th century after her parents died on the “Trail of Tears.”’
Another one of those “1/32nd, high-cheekboned” faux-Indian frauds and fakers?
HE’S AN AMERICAN. (Maybe).
Only a real Indian—as opposed to a Leftist fraud—would have the b***s to use the classic expression "Indian country." He also looks Indian to me—he has light skin, but his features are pretty Oriental-looking.
alot of us have ancestors that died on the trail of tears.
One thing is for certain, he is NOT a “ fourth-generation Cherokee.” That is a meaningless identification. Either he is a Cherokee of unknown generations but certainly much more than four or he is no Cherokee at all. His great great grandmother was descended from uncounted generations of Cherokees who came before her. She did not become a Cherokee on the trail of tears or by virtue of arrival in Oklahoma. There is a reason why there is a town in North Carolina named Cherokee. I have been there many times.
I consider that line to be just another example of why I take every news story with a BUCKET of salt. It may seem trivial but if they can’t get the easy stuff right why would I take the rest seriously?