Fake news: The bold-as-brass conman who pretended to be a Cherokee chief
Fake news: The bold-as-brass conman who pretended to be a Cherokee chief: A 1922 portrait of Edgar Laplante in his Chief White Elk costume Picture: Library of Congress Prints and Photographic Division American swindler posing as Chief White Elk acted like Robin Hood and gave away millions of dollars that weren't his Edgar Laplante, aka …