By Stacy Thacker, University of Montana

Last week Johnny Depp became a member of the Comanche tribe based on his character "Tonto," in his newest movie "The Lone Ranger." While he has claimed to be part Native American for years he is now officially a Comanche.

I can't argue that it would be cool to say you were the same tribe as Johnny Depp but I can't seem to figure out what the purpose was for this.