20 Celebrities That You Never Suspected Were of Native American Descent

17. Tori Amos

Tori Amos claims Eastern Cherokee heritage through her mom’s side. She says that each of her maternal grandparents had a grandparent that was full-blooded Eastern Cherokee. Growing up she was very close to her maternal grandfather, who offered her a more pantheistic spiritual approach to life, as opposed to the Christian upbringing by her parents.