I was not even aware you could have this little of a people's DNA in your blood.
Award-winning Heather Rae, 56, serves on the Academy of Motion Pictures' Indigenous Alliance, previously headed up the Sundance Institute's Native American program and claims "my mother was Indian and my father was a cowboy." Multiple prior news reports have also cited her as having a Cherokee mother.
But a watchdog group called the Tribal Alliance Against Frauds is now demanding the Academy and the producer drop her "false claims" while activists insist she's at best 1/2048th Cherokee.
If you recall, the infamous Elizabeth "Pocahontas" Warren herself had at least 1/1024th Native American DNA in her, meaning she was twice as much an American Indian as this lady if the reports are correct.
We're talking about the difference between two microscopic particles here, but still!
It's pretty telling that there's a group — "Tribal Alliance Against Frauds" — that is specifically devoted to debunking claims of fake Native American heritage. I guess that shows that it's a pretty popular scam.
Looks like the jig is up for Ms. Rae, unfortunately. The Cherokee Nation has straight-up declared that she is "not a citizen of the Cherokee Nation." while the tribal fraud group has reportedly demonstrated that she has "has no ancestors recognized by the three Cherokee nations."
Translation: Native Americans en masse are like: