Hinkey is also known as Shorty Bowlegs in “Dark Winds,” and plays Hank Spears in “Americana,” where Sydney Sweeney and Paul ...

While Native Americans represent 1.3% of the U.S. population, none of the 16 years studied did the percentage cross 1%. There was just a single film with a Native actor in the leading role.

Native American actors have been getting their much-deserved dues in recent years in Hollywood, with younger and older Indigenous actors benefiting from more opportunities. Native Americans ...

To pay homage to the rich ancestry of Native Americans, it helps to know of current-day people who share ... From politicians and singers to actors and athletes, ahead you'll learn about just ...

Five years ago, Sydney Freeland could count the number of well-known Native American actors on one hand. Now, she sees a change happening. “I see somebody new on almost every other show that I ...

explained on Brando's behalf that he would not accept his best actor gong for the mafia movie in order to protest against the treatment of Native Americans by the film industry and to bring ...

A 2019 honorary Oscar made Studi the first Native American actor ever given an Academy Award. “I can’t take myself seriously when I say that, that’s why,” he answers, wiping tears from his ...

Owen Crow Shoe, left, and Tatanka Means star as Apache warriors who discover settlers on their land in "Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 1." (Richard Foreman/Warner Bros./Courtesy of Everett ...

Both “Dark Winds” and “Reservation Dogs” are current examples ... “Reservation Dogs” have also been played by Native-American actors, the most notable being Zahn McClarnon, who ...

“Killers of the Flower Moon” director Martin Scorsese said he hoped that his new epic film would help correct this historic sidelining by placing Native American characters and actors at the ...