My great grandmother was Cherokee and the rest of my family is Caucasian... Confused as what to do, will shaving my own head suffice?
I kid, I kid, I come from. Mainers who were inter bred with Abenakis at some point. So let's go burn some [dadgum] covered wagons.
I am extremely skeptical when people claim to be 1/8th native American. Extremely. Very often it is bullshit and family misinformation.
Mine was also, I have photos of her and there is little doubt. My mom said she talked to her almost daily when my mom was five or six. Taught her about herbs and gathering wild greens and roots. My mom is the consummate gardener with two green thumbs.