List of Native American actors
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This is a list of Native American actors in the United States, including Alaskan Natives.
While Native American identity can be complex, it is rooted in political sovereignty that predates the creation of colonial nation states like the United States, Canada, and Mexico and persists into the 21st century recognized under international law by treaty. The Bureau of Indian Affairs defines Native American as having American Indian or Alaska Native ancestry. Legally, being Native American is defined as being enrolled in a federally recognized tribe, including Alaskan villages. Ethnologically, factors such as culture, history, language, religion, and familial kinships can influence Native American identity.[1] All individuals on this list should have confirmed Native American ancestry. Historical figures might predate tribal enrollment practices and would be included based on ethnological tribal membership, while any contemporary individuals should either be enrolled members of federally recognized tribes or have cited Native American ancestry and be recognized as being Native American by their respective tribes(s). Contemporary unenrolled individuals should only be listed as being of descent from a tribe if they have confirmed heritage. Template:Compact TOC Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
A
- Victor Aaron (1956–1996), Yaqui descentScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Apesanahkwat, Menominee Nation
- Nathan Apodaca (Northern Arapaho/Mexican-American[2]), actor, TikTok star
B
- Dewey Beard a.k.a. Iron Hail, Lakota, Miniconjou
- Irene Bedard, Inupiaq
- Chief John Big Tree, Seneca
- Moses Brings Plenty, Oglala Lakota[3]
- Cole Brings Plenty, nephew of Moses
C
- Tonantzin Carmelo, Tongva/Kumeyaay descent[4]
- Casey Camp-Horinek (Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma[5]), activist, speaker, actor
- Alaqua Cox, Menominee/Mohican[6]
D
- Cody Deal (born 1986), Osage Nation[7]
E
- Chris Eyre, Southern Cheyenne director and producer
F
- Lane Factor (Caddo/Seminole/Muscogee), television actor[8]
- Sydney Freeland (Diné), director, filmmaker, producer, writer[9]
G
- Lily Gladstone, Blackfeet/Nez Perce descent actress[10]
- Dallas Goldtooth (Mdewakanton Dakota/Diné)[11])
- Forrest Goodluck, Navajo
- Kiowa Gordon (Hualapai[12])
- Rodney A. Grant, Omaha[13]
- Saginaw Grant, Sac and Fox Nation[14]
- Elva Guerra (Ponca/Mexican-American[15]), actor
- Kimberly Norris Guerrero, Colville (enrolled), Salish-Kootenai descent[16]
H
- Sterlin Harjo (Seminole/Muscogee[17]) actor, comedian, director, writer
- Charlie Hill, Oneida Nation, Mohawk, Cree
- Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse, Rosebud Lakota
- Jack Hoxie, Nez Perce[18]
- Miko Hughes, Chickasaw
- Blu Hunt - American actress, Oglala Lakota
I
- Iron Hail, a.k.a. Dewey Beard, Lakota, Miniconjou
J
- Devery Jacobs (Kahnawà:ke Mohawk[19])
- Ben Johnson,[20][21] Cherokee, grew up on an Osage reservation
K
- Oscar Kawagley, Yup'ik
- Geraldine Keams (Diné[22]), actor
- Stepfanie Kramer, Eastern Band Cherokee[23]
L
- Eddie Little Sky, Oglala Lakota
- Phil Lucas, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma filmmaker, actor, writer, producer, director, and editor
M
- Randolph Mantooth, Seminole[24]
- Trixie Mattel, Ojibwe descent
- Robin Maxkii, Stockbridge-Munsee, actress
- Zahn McClarnon, Hunkpapa Lakota, actor[25]
- Russell Means, Oglala Lakota, activist, actor[26]
- Tatanka Means, Navajo, Lakota[27]
- Amber Midthunder (Fort Peck Sioux)[28]
- Cara Jade Myers (Wichita/Kiowa[29]), actor
O
- Sierra Teller Ornelas (Diné), writer
P
- Migizi Pensoneau (Ponca/Ojibwe)[30]), actor, comedian, writer
- Jon Proudstar (Pascua Yaqui[31])
Q
R
- Arthur Redcloud, Navajo
- Ryan RedCorn (Osage Nation[32])
- Red Shirt (Oglala), Lakota
- Red Wing, (Lillian St. Cyr), Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
- Steve Reevis, Blackfeet[33]
- Branscombe Richmond, Aleut[34]
- Will Rogers (1879–1935), Cherokee, film and vaudeville actor, movie producer[35]
- Ned Romero, film and television actor, Chitimacha[36]
- Lois Red Elk, enrolled member of the Ft. Peck Sioux in Montana.
S
- Frank Salsedo, Wappo
- Jana Schmieding (Cheyenne River Lakota[37]), actor
- Will Sampson, Muscogee (Creek) Nation[38]
- Larry Sellers, Osage, Cherokee, Lakota[39]
- Martin Sensmeier (Tlingit/Koyukon Athabascan[40]),
- Jay Silverheels, Mohawk people
- Sitting Bull, Lakota, Hunkpapa
- John Sitting Bull, Lakota, Hunkpapa
- William Sitting Bull, Lakota, Hunkpapa
- Charles Soldani, Osage and Kaw actor
- Eddie Spears, Brulé[41]
- Michael Spears, Brulé
- Abigail Spencer, Cherokee
- Chaske Spencer, Sioux/Nez Perce/Cherokee/Muscogee descent[42]
- Luther Standing Bear, Oglala Lakota author and actor
- Wes Studi, Cherokee Nation[43]
T
- Jim Thorpe, Sac and Fox[44]
- Chief Thunderbird, CheyenneScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
- John Trudell, Santee Dakota, activist, actor
- Sheila Tousey, Menominee, Stockbridge-Munsee
- Erica Tremblay (Seneca-Cayuga[45]), director, filmmaker
- Ernest David Tsosie III (Diné), actor[46])
U
W
- Noah Watts, Crow/Blackfeet
- Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate[48]
- Richard Ray Whitman (Muscogee/Yuchi[49]), actor, activist, artist
- Bobby Wilson (aka Bobby Dues) (Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota[50]), actor, comedian, writer
Y
- James Young Deer, Nanticoke, 1876–1946
- Chief Yowlachie, Yakama
See also
- List of Native Americans of the United States
- List of Indigenous Canadian actors
- Indian Actors Association
Notes
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- ↑ [1] "Moses Brings Plenty is a Lakota born at Pine Ridge reservation. Young spiritual leader, he carries within him the voices of his ancestors and particularly Crazy Horse."
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- ↑ [2]Template:Category handler[<span title="Script error: No such module "string".">usurped]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". "Rodney A. Grant is a well-known celebrity in the Native Community. A Native American actor who is in support of Native American issues and is always willing to speak for the Native American people."
- ↑ Breslauer, Jan (February 20, 1996). "The Spirit Moves Him in New and Traditional Ways". Los Angeles Times.
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- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". "in an interview with LeRoy Sebastian in 1963, he said "Pastor, I am an Indian, and therefore I have lived these many years believing in the Red Man's God..."
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- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". "Stephanie Kramer also intends to resume her music career, preparing a new album. Meanwhile, she devotes herself to Indian children. "I'm half Cherokee. I'd like so much for these children, who are a bit mine, to continue their studies. Life is hard In their land ravaged by extreme poverty. Thanks to an official organization, we can help them." The good-hearted actress has even taken a little girl from the Hopi tribe under her wing and she contributes a lot of money."
- ↑ [3] "...Randy, whose father is a Seminole Indian, "Got to make some comments I've been waiting all my life to say in a powerful picture."
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". "Over the past 12 years Zahn McClarnon (Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux) has made dozens of appearances on TV, cable network movies and feature films."
- ↑ [4] "The L.A. Times has described him as the most famous American Indian since Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse."
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- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". "Of Aleut Indian descent, Branscombe has said, "I am a Native American first, last and always.""
- ↑ Carter, Joseph H. "Father and Cherokee Tradition Molded Will Rogers." Template:Webarchive Will Rogers Memorial Museum. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
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- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". "Will was a Muscogee Creek Indian born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, in 1934."
- ↑ [5] "He drew on his heritage as an Osage/Cherokee/Lakota Indian to also become an educator, historian and historical consultant."
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- ↑ [6] "Best Actor Native Voice Film Festival 2005 for the lead role in Black Cloud"
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- ↑ Jim Thorpe Goes to Hollywood: 1931-1950, Signature, April 20, 2011
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- ↑ Schmidt, Rob. "Blackfeet Actress Misty Upham On Filming 'Jimmy P.' with Benicio Del Toro." Template:Webarchive Indian Country Today Media Network. 30 Sept 2013. Accessed 1 Feb 2014.
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