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24 Famous Indigenous and Native Americans Making History
Lily Gladstone (Piegan Blackfeet and Nez Perce)
Lily Gladstone is an actor who rose to fame for her performance in Scorsese’s crime drama Killers of the Flower Moon.
She portrayed an Osage woman who survived a series of murders after oil was found on Osage land. She is the first Native American woman to win a Golden Globe for best actress.
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She grew up on the Blackfeet reservation in Montana, and she gave part of her acceptance speech in Blackfoot.
Sterlin Harjo (Seminole and Muscogee)
Sterlin Harjo is a director of film and television focusing on Native American actors and experiences.
Harjo executive produced, directed and co-wrote the groundbreaking comedy-drama series Reservation Dogs on FX. The series follows Native youth in Oklahoma as they commit petty crimes to earn enough money to leave their reservation.
The series has been praised for its touching storylines and representation of Indigenous ex