His story about a "White-looking" father and his "Indian-looking" uncle is so much BS. His Uncle Erl Konig Boyden pretended to be an Indian to make money. That is well-documented. You don't live in a teepee if you're trying to pass as White. And Boyden has seven siblings as well as three step-sisters. Finding out if his stories are true or false just requires some real journalism.
http://www.macleans.ca/archives/the-double-life-of-injun-joe/