If I had a daughter, she would look like Elizabeth Warren.

I love the video. Imitation Northwest Coast totem pole, Nez Perce Appaloosa horse, Cherokee heritage (How come all whites claiming Indian ancestry always go for the Cherokee?)Las Vegas style costume, and isn't Cher of Armenian heritage?

Geronimo wins the internets today. Also how much ketamine did they have to give that horse to get it to stand that still?

Cher's background: Cherilyn Sarkisian: Father is an American of Armenian heritage, which is truly a Caucasian race and why she has black hair and brown eyes and is almost as swarthy as a Kardashian.
Her mother is from Arkansas, and is English, French, German, Dutch and Cherokee. In other words, she's white. Like Cher.

My brown-eyed dark-hair grandma was born to a dirt poor Cherokee family in the hills of eastern Tennessee.
I remember her speaking of the Trail Of Tears when I was a boy.

In the pocket of her apron was a razor sharp knife, suitable for settling an argument or removing a chicken's head for Sunday's dinner.
She made the best buttermilk biscuits and blackberry jam this side of the Mason Dixon.

Maybe I should have cashed in...now it's probably too late.

I'd have to guess there is a fair amount of sniggering among Indians out West when the subject of eastern Indians comes up. Nobody is going to mistake a Navajo for an Armenian.

Warren is claiming membership in the same tribe that tried to expel its black members last year. Isn't this worth discussion?

My great great great grandfather married a Cherokee
The Harvard people sought diversity
I faked it to teach at Harvard Law
Now Teabaggers call me Indian Faux

Half of half of half of half of a half breed!
That's what I'm starting now to hear
Half of half of half of half of a half breed!
Could put a dent in my career
Half of half of half of half of a half breed!
She's a fake they warned
Wingnuts have been mocking since this story was born

We settled nicely into Cambridge town
When you play a race card, you can hang around
Right wing bloggers are now mocking me
Give her life tenure, she's thirtieth Cherokee

REFRAIN

I have my billet and I feel no shame
That's just how libs roll, tell me who's to blame
This Senate run exposed my ethnic scam
Now people can see me for what I AM!!

REFRAIN

Revised and bumped to get the latest lyrics out.

Your blog posting made my day. I truly hope that someone who knows Rush Limbaugh sends him the link....your brilliant take deserves to be read by the 20 or so million Dittoheads.

Thanks for the giggles.

Hanging around on Native American Chat, the last thing you wanted to say was that you were part Cherokee.

In Australia, talking about the White Aborigines of Academia can get you into trouble with the law:

http://frontpagemag.com/2011/10/20/curse-of-the-white-aborigine/

Here are a couple of questions no one seems to be asking:

"How many college students claim to be Native Americans who are actually white? How many Native Americans actually enroll in colleges? What are most Indian attitudes towards higher education?"

One thing I've discovered from doing song parodies is: The cheesier the original song, the bigger the burn on designated target. So at his time I would like to give thanks to one Cherilyn Sarkisian for crafting one of the most godawful, ludicrous songs of that or any other rock era. This is all Cher's doing (and Elizabeth Warren's)

The definition for crafting one of the most godawful, ludicrous songs of any rock era: Sarkisism