List of Native American actors

This is a list of Native American actors in the United States, including Alaskan Natives and Native Americans who reside in the lower forty-eight states. Native American identity is a complex and contested issue rooted in political sovereignty that pre-dates the creation of colonial nation states like the U.S. and Canada 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 or Alaskan village. Ethnologically, factors such as culture, history, language, religion, and familial kinships can influence Native American identity.[1] All individuals on this list should have 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 are listed as being of descent from a tribe.

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  3. "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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  7. "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."
  8. Breslauer, Jan (February 20, 1996). "The Spirit Moves Him in New and Traditional Ways". Los Angeles Times.
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-06-18. Retrieved 2006-05-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) "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..."
  11. Thurman, Tom. - Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right.
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  13. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-05-09. Retrieved 2006-05-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) "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."
  14. "...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."
  16. "...Stockbridge-Munsee and a graduate of Dine' College and Salish Kootenai College. She is involved in advocating for American Indian education and directed the first national hackathon aimed at American Indian college students."
  17. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-04-16. Retrieved 2006-05-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) "Over the past 12 years Zahn McClarnon (Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux) has made dozens of appearances on TV, cable network movies and feature films."
  18. "The L.A. Times has described him as the most famous American Indian since Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse."
  19. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-05-05. Retrieved 2015-12-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  20. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  21. The Voice Of Lois Red Elk-Reed Hails From The Real Old Old West: Acclaimed Lakota/Dakota bard will share poems every month, Mountain Journal, September 5, 2017
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  23. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-04-03. Retrieved 2006-04-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) "Of Aleut Indian descent, Branscombe has said, "I am a Native American first, last and always.""
  24. Carter, Joseph H. "Father and Cherokee Tradition Molded Will Rogers." Archived 2012-10-26 at the Wayback Machine Will Rogers Memorial Museum. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  25. American Indian Joanelle Romero Joins the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences Class of 2016, Native News Online, 07 Jul 2016
  26. "Ned Romero-The Definitive Native American Actor". Wildestwesterns.com. Archived from the original on April 12, 2009. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
  27. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-04-26. Retrieved 2006-05-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) "Will was a Muscogee Creek Indian born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, in 1934."
  28. "He drew on his heritage as an Osage/Cherokee/Lakota Indian to also become an educator, historian and historical consultant."
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  30. "Best Actor Native Voice Film Festival 2005 for the lead role in Black Cloud"
  31. "Interview with a New Moon Werewolf". BettyConfidential.com.com. Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
  32. "Meeting Magua: A Wes Studi Interview". Mohicanpress.com. May 8, 1999. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
  33. Jim Thorpe Goes to Hollywood: 1931-1950, Signature, April 20, 2011
  34. "Born in Keshena, Wisconsin, Tousey is a Menominee and Stockbridge-Munsee Indian, raised on both the Menominee and Stockbridge-Munsee Reservations."
  35. Schmidt, Rob. " Blackfeet Actress Misty Upham On Filming 'Jimmy P.' with Benicio Del Toro." Archived 2014-10-15 at the Wayback Machine Indian Country Today Media Network. 30 Sept 2013. Accessed 1 Feb 2014.
  36. "Native American Authors: Floyd Westerman". Ipl.org. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
  37. Dann Dulin, "Undaunted Spirit" Archived 2009-01-30 at the Wayback Machine, A&U (Arts and Understanding) Magazine, November 2007, accessed 20 July 2013
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