[9] (She was later proven correct; White Horse Eagle was also known as John Delaney, a "professional ethnic impersonator.

[11] "She has little sympathy with those whose primary interest is the 'romance' of tribal Indian history," reported a Los Angeles paper in 1931, which quoted her as saying "I am not nearly so much concerned over the shape of my grandfather's skull as I am over what is going to happen to me and my child.

[17] In 1948, her involvement in a Navajo relief drive sponsored by Will Rogers Jr. came under scrutiny by the city of Los Angeles, particularly her eligibility to be paid by the campaign's funds.

[18] In the 1950s, Smart led the successful effort to remove two statues, The Discovery of America and The Rescue, from the steps of the United States Capitol.

She wrote many letters to the National Sculpture Society, arguing that the representations of Native Americans in these statues was disgraceful, shameful, and "deplorable.

[23] In 1946, Smart spent 30 days in jail after she was convicted of striking Waneta's husband, actor Victor Heyden, with a telephone.