A friend of mine in grade school who was 1/4 Native American thought that meant a measurable portion of her body--she believed she was "Indian up to her knees."
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- i used to believe i was native american because i was a native of america!!!— rachel
- My friend's sister believed the lyrics to Gazza's "Fog on the Tyne" were "Fog on the dinasaurs mine all mine"— Suzanne
- I used to believe that the red dot on Indian people's foreheads meant that they had psychic powers.— Mark
- Because of Pocahontas, I grew up believing Native Americans noises sounded like English to Native Americans.Anon
- I once told a friend of mine that if you held in a smelly burp, it'd turn into a fart. She believed me.Anon
- I used to think that "extra body" shampoo meant you could use the runoff suds to clean your body.— Christy