<sod>The United States actor [[Iron Eyes Cody]], who was of [[Sicily|Sicilian]] descent, created a niche by playing roles of Native Americans. He had claimed American Indian heritage to get work.<ref>[http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/ironeyes.asp "Iron Eyes"], Snopes</ref> European-American authors and artists who have notably attempted to pass as being Native American include [[Asa Earl Carter]], who claimed to be [[Cherokee]];<ref name=who>Nolan, Maggie and Carrie Dawson, ed. [https://books.google.com/books?id=8qzsAbrWVZQC&pg=PA22&dq=%22forrest+carter%22+native+identity&ei=SKBsSu2qApTklAS2lu1m ''Who's Who? Hoaxes, Imposture and Identity Crises in Australian Literature''.] St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 2004: 16–17. (retrieved through Google Books, July 26, 2009) ISBN 978-0-7022-3523-8.</ref><ref>Bataille, Gretchen M. [https://books.google.com/books?id=oBcyKfZkva4C&pg=PA49&dq=%22forrest+carter%22+native+identity&ei=SKBsSu2qApTklAS2lu1m ''American Indian Representations''.] Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2001: 49. (retrieved through Google Books, July 26, 2009) ISBN 978-0-8032-1312-8.</ref> [[Jamake Highwater|Jay Marks]] ([[Jamake Highwater]]), who claimed to be [[Cherokee]]-[[Blackfeet]];<ref>Nagel, Joane. [https://books.google.com/books?id=4P1yTRVeBToC&lpg=PA238&dq=Jamake%20Highwater%20Wendy%20Rose&pg=PA238#v=onepage&q&f=false ''American Indian Ethnic Renewal: Red Power and the Resurgence of Identity and Culture''.] Oxford: University of Oxford Press, 1996: 238. ISBN 978-019512063-9.</ref><ref>Hoxie, Frederick E. [https://books.google.com/books?id=o-BNU7QuJkYC&pg=PA191&dq=jamake+highwater+mamake&ei=2ahsSr6WA6aSkQSFw5VZ&client=firefox-a ''Encyclopedia of North American Indians: Native American History, Culture, and Life From Paleo-Indians to the Present''.] Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006: 191–2. (retrieved through Google Books, July 26, 2009) ISBN 978-0-395-66921-1</ref><ref>Weaver, Jace. [https://books.google.com/books?id=gQj_aQhYvfEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Jace+Weaver&ei=QMhsSvGhD4iWkgTEuqxT&client=firefox-a ''Other Words: American Indian Literature, Law, and Culture''.] Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2001: 138. (retrieved through Google Books, July 26, 2009) ISBN 978-0-8061-3352-2</ref> and Yeffe Kimball, who claimed to be [[Osage Nation|Osage]].<ref>Anthes, Bill. "Becoming Indian: The Self-Invention of Yeffe Kimball." ''Native Moderns: American Indian Painting, 1940–1960''. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2006: 117–141. ISBN 0-8223-3866-1.</ref><eod>
<sod>The United States actor [[Iron Eyes Cody]], who was of [[Sicily|Sicilian]] descent, created a niche by playing roles of Native Americans. He had claimed American Indian heritage to get work.<ref>[http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/ironeyes.asp "Iron Eyes"], Snopes</ref> European-American authors and artists who have notably attempted to pass as being Native American include [[Asa Earl Carter]], who claimed to be [[Cherokee]];<ref name=who>Nolan, Maggie and Carrie Dawson, ed. [https://books.google.com/books?id=8qzsAbrWVZQC&pg=PA22&dq=%22forrest+carter%22+native+identity&ei=SKBsSu2qApTklAS2lu1m ''Who's Who? Hoaxes, Imposture and Identity Crises in Australian Literature''.] St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 2004: 16–17. (retrieved through Google Books, July 26, 2009) ISBN 978-0-7022-3523-8.</ref><ref>Bataille, Gretchen M. [https://books.google.com/books?id=oBcyKfZkva4C&pg=PA49&dq=%22forrest+carter%22+native+identity&ei=SKBsSu2qApTklAS2lu1m ''American Indian Representations''.] Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2001: 49. (retrieved through Google Books, July 26, 2009) ISBN 978-0-8032-1312-8.</ref> [[Jamake Highwater|Jay Marks]] ([[Jamake Highwater]]), who claimed to be [[Cherokee]]-[[Blackfeet]];<ref>Nagel, Joane. [https://books.google.com/books?id=4P1yTRVeBToC&lpg=PA238&dq=Jamake%20Highwater%20Wendy%20Rose&pg=PA238#v=onepage&q&f=false ''American Indian Ethnic Renewal: Red Power and the Resurgence of Identity and Culture''.] Oxford: University of Oxford Press, 1996: 238. ISBN 978-0-19-512063-9.</ref><ref>Hoxie, Frederick E. [https://books.google.com/books?id=o-BNU7QuJkYC&pg=PA191&dq=jamake+highwater+mamake&ei=2ahsSr6WA6aSkQSFw5VZ&client=firefox-a ''Encyclopedia of North American Indians: Native American History, Culture, and Life From Paleo-Indians to the Present''.] Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006: 191–2. (retrieved through Google Books, July 26, 2009) ISBN 978-0-395-66921-1</ref><ref>Weaver, Jace. [https://books.google.com/books?id=gQj_aQhYvfEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Jace+Weaver&ei=QMhsSvGhD4iWkgTEuqxT&client=firefox-a ''Other Words: American Indian Literature, Law, and Culture''.] Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2001: 138. (retrieved through Google Books, July 26, 2009) ISBN 978-0-8061-3352-2</ref> and Yeffe Kimball, who claimed to be [[Osage Nation|Osage]].<ref>Anthes, Bill. "Becoming Indian: The Self-Invention of Yeffe Kimball." ''Native Moderns: American Indian Painting, 1940–1960''. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2006: 117–141. ISBN 0-8223-3866-1.</ref><eod>