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Actors - Actress: Actor Adam Beach has a plan
Posted on Saturday, May 17 @ 22:15:49 PDT (2084 reads)

One of Canada's most prominent First Nations film stars has a plan to get more aboriginal stories into movie theatres and onto the airwaves.

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Actors - Actress: Casting Call given for The Lost Warrior
Posted on Monday, March 03 @ 18:51:04 PST (3040 reads)

Joshua International has given a casting call for a feature film to be shot in 2008. This period piece is set in Tennessee and North Carolina in the mid to late 1700's, the beginning of the Cherokee removal. This screenplay is based on an 8 1/2 year study. The film is Part 1 of a Trilogy that will end with Part 3 in 1842. The producers are making every effort to stay true to the actual historical events, and are consulting with members of the represented Tribal Governments. This feature film will be shot in North Carolina and Louisiana.

For those that are familiar with Cherokee history, the story is set around Little Carpenter, Old Tassel, Oconostota, Dragging Canoe, Isaac Thomas and Nancy Ward.

They are looking for fresh faces from 18 to 80. Specify if you would like to be considered for a character role, stunts, reenactor, or extra.

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Actors - Actress: New Aboriginal Film Site on the Web
Posted on Friday, January 18 @ 23:53:38 PST (2384 reads)

Independant Aboriginal films from around the world are being hosted on a new Canadian website.

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Actors - Actress: Wes Studi Filmography
Posted on Monday, January 14 @ 22:29:28 PST (1818 reads)

Wesley Studie has since appeared in 52 film and television productions, including 500 Nations, Big Guns Talk, Broken Chains, Crazy Horse, Dances With Wolves, Deep Rising, The Doors, Heat, Highlander, Ice Planet, The Killing Jar, Lone Justice 2, The Last of the Mohicans, Mystery Men, Ned Blessings, Pow Wow Highway, Geronimo: An America Legend, Comanche Moon, Streets of Laredo, Mystery Men, The New World, Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee and Seraphim Falls. Here is his complete filmography, as well as information on his stage appearances and children's books.

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Actors - Actress: Wes Studi, Cherokee actor
Posted on Monday, January 14 @ 22:29:20 PST (3010 reads)

Wesley Studie was born December 17, 1947, at Norfire Hollow, Oklahoma,near Tahlequah. He was the eldest of four sons of Andy Studie, a ranch hand, and Maggie Nofire. Wesley is a full blood Cherokee. He later dropped the "e" from his last name when he began his acting career and shortened his first name to Wes. Wes Studi did not become an actor until he was 40 years old.

Wes Studi, as he is known in Hollywood, spoke only the Cherokee language until he was five years old, when he was sent to Chilocco Indian Boarding School in Northern Oklahoma, where he remained until high school graduation. Unlike many young victims of the boarding schools, he did not forget his language.

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Actors - Actress: Independent film explores history of Haskell Boarding School
Posted on Saturday, September 01 @ 16:25:26 PDT (2487 reads)

AUTHOR: Jon Niccum

The camera slowly dollies in on the stern face of actor Kevin Geer. About 30 cast and crew members crammed into the third floor of the Watkins Community Museum of History look on.

“This is not a prison. There are no walls. No fences. But there is a clock,” Geer scolds. “You will learn to respect time.”

“Respect” and “time” are key words on the set of “The Only Good Indian,” a film that takes place in the early 1900s when respectful treatment of American Indians was at an all-time low.

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Actors - Actress: Nunavut film trade show gives casting call for 2 Inuk actresses
Posted on Friday, April 27 @ 23:26:05 PDT (3682 reads)

Days after British film star Ralph Fiennes visited Nunavut looking for an Inuk actress for his directorial debut, a second highly regarded industry veteran has travelled to the North to do the same.

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Actors - Actress: Floyd Red Crow Westerman
Posted on Wednesday, January 24 @ 13:43:01 PST (3926 reads)

Floyd Red Crow Westerman is probably best known for his role in the western epic ‘Dances with Wolves.’ Today, Westerman is also involved with other projects that bring awareness to subjects like the environment.

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Actors - Actress: Lineups announced for 2006 Native American Film Festival
Posted on Thursday, March 09 @ 18:45:53 PST (4025 reads)

AUTHOR: Staff Reports / Indian Country Today

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - The Agua Caliente Cultural Museum has announced this year's film lineup for the Native American Film Festival, taking place March 14 - 19 at the Camelot Theatre in Palm Springs.

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Actors - Actress: Menominee actress Shelia Tousey
Posted on Saturday, November 19 @ 14:13:24 PST (6625 reads)

Born in Keshena, Wisconsin, actress Shelia Tousey was born and raised on both the Menominee and Stockbridge reservations.

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Actors - Actress: George Leach, Canadian actor from the Sta’atl’imx Nation
Posted on Saturday, November 19 @ 13:35:57 PST (6743 reads)

George Leach is a member of the Sta’atl’imx Nation in Lillooet, British Columbia, Canada. An accomplished actor, George has appeared on screen in ‘This Is Wonderland’, ‘North of 60’, ‘PSI Factor’ and ‘La Femme Nikita’.

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Actors - Actress: Native actors featured in six part mini-series
Posted on Saturday, April 02 @ 13:33:41 PST (45865 reads)

INTO THE WEST follows two multi-generational families, one settlers and the other Native American, each telling the dramatic stories of the development of the West from their distinct points of view.

This six part mini series airs on TNT beginning on June 10, 2005.

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Actors - Actress: Indian actors strive to be positive role models
Posted on Saturday, April 02 @ 04:33:59 PST (13913 reads)

AUTHOR: GAIL SCHONTZLER, Bozeman Daily Chronicle Staff Writer

For decades Hollywood portrayed Indians as savages, enemies and losers. Now a generation of Native American filmmakers and actors is trying to overturn stereotypes and tell its own truth.

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Actors - Actress: Tonto Apaches team up on movie
Posted on Sunday, September 05 @ 14:41:17 PDT (6784 reads)

Former "NYPD Blue" star Rick Schroder and the Tonto Apache Tribe are teaming up to bring the movie "Black Cloud" to audiences around the nation. KEYWORDS: Black Cloud Tonto Apache Tribe Ricky Shroder Russell Means Indian actors Indians in movies boxing movie

AUTHOR: Max Foster

Former "NYPD Blue" star Rick Schroder and the Tonto Apache Tribe are teaming up to bring the movie "Black Cloud" to audiences around the nation.

Schroder was on the reservation Wednesday to discuss details of the tribe's sponsorship of the movie, which he wrote, directed and produced.

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Actors - Actress: Women of Note: Renae Morriseau
Posted on Sunday, June 08 @ 10:47:57 PDT (7935 reads)

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Renae Morriseau, Canadian First Nations actress

Renae Morriseau Saulteaux/Cree
Peguis First Nation, Manitoba
Filmmaker, Actress, Writer

Renae Morriseau is familiar as the character Ellen in the Canadian television series North of 60, but her accomplishments in broadcasting extend far beyond this visible role.

In her determination to ensure that First Nations voices are heard and stories told, Renae's career over the last dozen years has spanned acting, filmmaking, writing, and producing.

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Actors - Actress: Stars Shine at First Americans Awards
Posted on Monday, February 10 @ 22:45:16 PST (6884 reads)

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AUTHOR: Rob Schmidt

(BEVERLY HILLS) -- Reflecting a strong year for Native-themed productions, First Americans in the Arts (FAITA) bestowed their coveted feather awards on a wide range of movies and TV shows. The winners included "Skinwalkers," "Windtalkers," "The Business of Fancydancying," and "Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner)." The mood was festive as the stars gathered Saturday at the Beverly Hilton for the 11th annual FAITA awards. Among the luminaries were master of ceremonies Wes Studi, Adam Beach, Michael Horse, Irene Bedard, and Gary Farmer.

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Actors - Actress: Eric Schweig - Inuvik Actor
Posted on Sunday, December 22 @ 18:43:48 PST (27896 reads)

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Date of birth: June 19, 1967
Location of birth: Inuvik, Northwest Territory, Canada

Latest films:
1. Mr. Barrington (2003)
2. Skins (2002)
3. Big Eden (2000)

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Actors - Actress: Navajo actress has last laugh on Dharma and Greg
Posted on Saturday, February 23 @ 00:53:00 PST (6782 reads)

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S.J. Wilson, The Observer

The popular prime-time situation comedy “Dharma and Greg” chronicles the life of the mismatched couple of the New Ager, Dharma and her attorney husband, Greg. In a recent episode, viewers were treated to vignettes of Dharma and Greg’s lives prior to their meeting, and how they just missed meeting each other numerous times—proof that theirs was a love meant to be.

This episode also features Navajo actress Geraldine Keams as a sweat-lodge leading medicine woman—and she literally has the last laugh on the couple.

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Actors - Actress: Tina Keeper is an accomplished Cree actress
Posted on Tuesday, February 19 @ 23:28:11 PST (11833 reads)

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Tina Keeper is an accomplished Cree actress who plays RCMP constable Michelle Kenidi on the popular and critically acclaimed CBC television series "North Of 60".

In Tina Keeper's own words, her character Michelle "is very proud, very competent." She also struggles however, as a First Nations officer living and working in her home town, with the pressures of her community, and her duty to the RCMP.

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Actors - Actress: Graham Greene quick profile
Posted on Tuesday, February 19 @ 23:07:48 PST (15559 reads)

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Although Graham Greene worked for many years as a supporting actor in stage plays and on television, Greene first became famous as an actor for his role of Kicking Bird in Kevin Costner's film Dances With Wolves. Greene received an Academy Award nomination for this role.

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Actors - Actress: Gary Farmer--actor and publisher
Posted on Tuesday, February 19 @ 22:55:12 PST (5693 reads)

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Gary Farmer was a regular on the CBC's TV show The Rez, where he played the role of Chief Tom. He has recently completed work on the movie This Is What It Means To Say Phoenix, Arizona.

Some of the many films Gary Farmer has appeared in include Dead Man, Lilies, Tales from the Crypt, Henry & Verlin and Forever Knight.

Gary Farmer has also had roles in TV shows, including Miami Vice, Spirit Bay, E.N.G., Inside Stories and China Beach.

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Actors - Actress: Henry Kingi, actor and stuntman
Posted on Thursday, February 14 @ 02:21:44 PST (14558 reads)

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Henry Kingi has been an actor and stuntman for over 20 years. Kingi is rumored to be of Cherokee, African American, and White heritage. His appearance as Goody in Carwash was followed by numerous films.

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Actors - Actress: First Americans in the Arts - Stars turn out for annual FAITA awards
Posted on Thursday, February 14 @ 01:12:19 PST (3543 reads)

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AUTHOR: Jackie Bissley / Indian Country Today

It was ten years ago in the back of a Los Angeles diner, Bob's Big Boy, that the First Americans in the Arts (FAITA) founding members, Bob Hicks and Dawn Jackson, conceived of the idea of hosting an award show. Thus FAITA was born and the annual event has since gone on to become a high profile venue where the achievements of native entertainers are recognized and honored.

This year's star-studded gala dinner was held on Feb. 2 in the heart of Beverly Hills at the Century Plaza Hotel.

Note: This statement from Eric Schweig on the official Eric Schweig web site was a rather enlightening contrast to this article.

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Actors - Actress: Actor/Choreographer Michael Greyeyes Bio
Posted on Tuesday, January 22 @ 19:27:25 PST (9672 reads)

Source: Michael Greyeyes Official Fan Site

Michael Joseph Charles Greyeyes, known professionally as Michael Greyeyes, is a member of the Cree Nation from Saskatchewan, Canada.

Michael Greyeyes' father is from the Muskeg Lake First Nation and his mother is from the Sweetgrass First Nation of Saskatchewan.

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Actors - Actress: ABC/DISNEY is still looking for Native Actors
Posted on Friday, January 04 @ 21:35:36 PST (4612 reads)

SOURCE: Victor Rocha

Just a reminder that ABC/DISNEY is still looking for Native Actors for their showcase.

So far both Fox and ABC are setting up showcases. From what I hear at SAG, the other networks are following along. This is a wonderful opportunity to develop a data base for Native Actors.

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Actors - Actress: Oneida Nations and NBC Launch Native American Talent Search
Posted on Tuesday, January 01 @ 11:45:15 PST (4881 reads)

AUTHOR: Jerry Reid
Oneida Nation

In a major effort to increase the presence of Native Americans on television, NBC and the Oneida Nation have established a talent search for Indian actors, comedians and writers. Information and updates about this uniqueopportunity are now available on a new web site.

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Actors - Actress: Native American Entertainers Seeking the Spotlight
Posted on Tuesday, January 01 @ 11:18:00 PST (8824 reads)

AUTHOR: Sadie Jo Smokey
The Arizona Republic
© 2002 The Seattle Times Company

Shan Redhouse-Baldwin grew up wondering why Native Americans on TV had blue eyes.

"We used to have a lot of questions for my mom," says Redhouse-Baldwin, 28, a Navajo who grew up in Arizona and Utah.

"They used to film Westerns in Monument Valley. They were right there on the reservation, and they still didn't use Native American (actors)."

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