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class="trailtext"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120313000529/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/mar/12/johnny-depp-tonto-long-ranger" title="Opens in a new window" class="link-image"> <img alt="Johnny Depp as Tonto" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20120313000529im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Global/content/icons/2012/3/12/1331588284598/depptonto_140x84.jpg" width="140" class="trail-image" height="84"/> </a> <p><strong>Dana Lone Hill:</strong> Depp claims Native American heritage, but I don't care whether he can prove it or not. 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