Dude was second-generation Sicilian. Nuts, right?
2007-11-20 06:04:25 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
yes found this out on VH1 I love the 70 's. it was a shock to me.
2007-11-20 06:10:19 · answer #1 · answered by rap1361 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Iron Eyes Cody was born Espera DeCorti on 3 April 1904 in the small town of Kaplan, Louisiana. He was the son of
Francesca Salpietra and Antonio DeCorti, she an immigrant from Sicily who had arrived in the USA in 1902, and he
another immigrant who had arrived in America not long before her. Theirs was an arranged marriage, and the couple had four children, with Espera (or Oscar, as he was called) their second eldest.
As teenagers the three DeCorti boys joined their father in Texas. He had since altered his name from Antonio DeCorti to Tony Corti, and the boys apparently followed suit as far as their surname was concerned. In 1924, following their
father's death, the boys moved to Hollywood, changed "Corti" to "Cody," and began working in the motion picture
industry. It was about this time Iron Eyes began presenting himself to the world as an Indian.
2007-11-20 23:01:07 · answer #2 · answered by Coolrogue 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, I knew it--but not til a few years ago. And yes, it is nuts that after 500 years of interaction, white culture will generally call anyone in buckskins a Native American.
2007-11-20 14:08:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋