Littlefeather was much later discovered to have falsely misrepresented her ancestry as Native American, that is, she was found to be a pretendian.
lˈɪɾəlfˌɛðɚ wʌz mˈʌtʃ lˈeɪɾɚ dɪskˈʌvɚd tə hæv fˈɔlsli mɪsɹˌɛpɹᵻzˈɛntᵻd hɜːɹ ˈænsɛstɹi æz nˈeɪɾɪv ɐmˈɛɹɪkən, ðæt ˈɪz, ʃiː wʌz fˈaʊnd təbi ɐ pɹɪtˈɛndiən.