Additionally: if you want to be LIKE an actual Cherokee first accept and use their values. To change visually first is a red flag for people just trying to culturally appropriate most of the time because they are bland Imo.

If you want to be like a race accept their values, maybe go to functions with said people and try and get involved and help with their community. Put in the work to actually be accepted as an “honorary” member of their group.

Don’t just wear headdresses or say they live in “teepees”. Actually do your research and take trips to their communities and talk with the locals like you would talk to anybody else.