Dang I would have bet 1000 to 1 you posted “Half-Breed” by Cher:
My father married a pure Cherokee
My mother’s people were ashamed of me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYpA085pm20
That is almost literally her earlier story:
He was head over heels in love with her and wanted to marry her. And his family was bitterly opposed to that because she was part Native American.