people moved you do realize this right? thats why i'm from cali but my people are originally from the midwest and the south. so technically i could be mixed with "indian" aka native american. The reason whites and blacks do this. because yes a ton of white people do this as well. Is because people want to feel more LEGIT to this country. nothing is more legit then someone who was here before any of us got here.
whites want to have some "culture" and not feel like they apart of the white folks that raped and pillaged. the black folks want that "good hair"
and a lot of people think high cheek bones = native america. thats not necessarily the case. go look at some nigerians.