I really don't think he was. The photos of him pre-surgery and as a child (as shown on one of the documentaries) he looked lily-white. But if he disliked who and what he was enough to have all those surgeries, he probably didn't like being a boring white person either. It's also possible he had a native American grandparent or relative somewhere along the line. A lot of people do. But full-blooded, born on the reservation Native American, I don't think so.
I really don't think he was. The photos of him pre-surgery and as a child (as shown on one of the documentaries) he looked lily-white. But if he disliked who and what he was enough to have all those surgeries, he probably didn't like being a boring white person either. It's also possible he had a native American grandparent or relative somewhere along the line. A lot of people do. But full-blooded, born on the reservation Native American, I don't think so.