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Native Americans are also called Indigenous Americans and many Native Americans are working in American films for the past many decades. Here we have listed a few most talented and famous Native American Actors list with images.

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1 Jason Momoa

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Joseph Jason Namakaeha Momoa is the full name Jason Momoa an American Actor. He was born on 1 August 1979 in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. His father Joseph Momoa is of Native Hawaiian ancestry and his mother is of German and Irish heritage. He debuted in Baywatch: Hawaii from 1999 to 2001.

Jason is well-known for his role as Khal Drogo, in Game of Thrones. He has also appeared in television series like Baywatch: Hawaii, Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding, Tempted, North Shore, Stargate Atlantis, The Game, The Red Road, Drunk History, Frontier, Saturday Night Live, The Simpsons, See, and Pacemaker.

Momoa has appeared in films like Johnson Family Vacation, Pipeline, Conan the Barbarian, Bullet to the Head, Road to Paloma, Debug, Wolves, Sugar Mountain, The Bad Batch, Justice League, Braven, Aquaman, The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, Gather, Zack Snyder’s Justice League, Sweet Girl, and Dune.

Momoa won the CinemaCon Awards – Male Rising Star for his work in Conan the Barbarian & Game of Thrones. He was born on August 1, 1979, in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. His height is 6 feet 4 inches, weight is 97kgs, hair color is dark brown, and eye color is green. His net worth is estimated to be $25 million.

2 Danny Trejo

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Danny Trejo is an American actor. He began his acting career with the filmRunaway Trainin 1985 and debuted in the TV series Shannon’s Deal in 1989. Famous for the roles of Art SanellainDeath Wish 4: The Crackdown.

Trejo was born on 16 May 1944 in Los Angeles, California, the United States to Dan Trejo and Alice Rivera. His marital status is currently divorcee and he lastly married Debbie Shreve [married in 1997 and divorced in 2009].

His height and weight are 5.6 feet and 89kgs with black hair and brown eyes. The estimated net worth is USD 16 million approx.

3 Benjamin Bratt

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Benjamin Bratt is an American actor and film producer. He began his acting career with the TV seriesJuarez in 1987 and debuted in the film Love, Partners & Spiesin 1988. He is well known for the roles ofDetective Rey CurtisinLaw & Order,Juan ObregóninTraffic,William BanksinThe Cleaner,Che Rivera inLa Mission, etc.

Benjamin Bratt was born on 16 December 1963 in San Francisco, California, the USA to Peter Bratt Sr. and Eldy Bratt and has one brother and three sisters. He married Talisa Soto in 2002 and they have two children.

Bratt’s height and weight are 6.2 feet and 80kgs with brown eyes and black hair. His estimated net worth is USD 12 million approx. He is one of the smart native American actors of 2021.

4 Wes Studi

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Wesley Studi is the full name of Wes Studi, he was an American Actor and Film Producer. he began his acting career in 1998 in the role of Long Runner a The Trial of Standing Bear. He got many awards in his career. he was popular for the roles inDance with Wolves, The Last of the Mohicans, and Street Fight and he also appeared in the filmsHeat, Avatar, etc.

Wes Studi was born on 17 December 1947, in No fire Hollow, Oklahoma. His height is 5.8 feet and 82 kgs of weight with Black hair and black eyes.

5 Martin Sensmeier

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Martin Sensmeier is an American actor and model. He began his acting career with the Short filmK’ina Kil: The Slaver’s Sonin 2014. He was popularly known for the role ofWanahtonin the HBO TV seriesWestworld and various native American roles.

Martin was born on 27 June 1985 in Anchorage, Alaska, the USA to Raymond Sensmeier and Eva Sensmeier and he is currently unmarried and has a partner Kahara Hodges. His height and weight are 6.1 feet and 75kgs with dark brown eyes and hair. And one of the young native American actors.

His estimated net worth is USD 500k and he is one of the growing native American actors, so he is on the list of the top 20 famous native American actors of 2021.

6 Zahn McClarnon

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Zahn Tokiya-Ku McClarnon is the full name of Zahn McClarnon, he was a native American actor. he started his acting career in the film My Neighbor Totoroas an additional voice artist. In 1992, in the Television series Tequila and Bonettihe acted the role of Hispanic Kid, and in 1994 in Silent Fall he debuts in the film. He is famous for officer Mathias inLongmire, Hanzee Dent inFargo, and Akecheta inWestworld.

Zahn McClarnon was born on 24 October 1966 in Denver, Colorado, United States. He has two brothers. His height and weight Zahn McClarnon are 5.6 feet and 70kgs with black hair and black eyes. His net worth is around USD 1 million.

7 Adam Beach

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Adam Beach is a Canadian actor and a native American actor. He began his acting career in a Television Series Lost in the Barrensin 1990, and in 1993 he debuts in the film Cadillac Girls. He is famous for the role of Victor inSmoke Signals, Frank in Dance me Outside, and Chester Lake in Law & Order.

Adam Beach was born on 11 November 1972, in Ashern, Manitoba, Canada. His height is 5.11 feet and his eyes are brown and black hair. His estimated net worth is around $2 million US Dollars.

8 Raoul Max Trujillo

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Raoul Maximiano Trujillo de Chauvelon is the full name Raoul Max Trujillo, is an American actor, choreographer, dancer and theatre director. He began his acting career in 1990 with the Television series Counterstrike and later debuted in the film Scanners II: The New Orderin 1991.

Native Actor Raoul is famous for the roles of KiotseatoninBlack Robe, Zero Wolf inApocalypto, etc. he is one of the tops and most famous native American actors.

He was born on 8 May 1955 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America. His estimated net worth is $1 to USD 3 million and his height and weight are 6 feet and 75 kgs with black eyes and hair.

9 Michael Horse

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Michael Horse is an American actor, ledger painter, and jeweler. He began his acting career with the filmThe legends of the Lone Ranger in 1981 and later debuted in the TV series It Takes Two in 1983. He was popularly known for the native American roles in various films

Michael Horse was born on 21 December 1949 in Los Angeles, the United States to George Heinrich and Nancie Belle Posten. He married Sandra Horse in 1993. His height is 5.11 feet with white hair color and black eyes. His net worth is estimated at $17 million US dollars approx.

10 Tatanka Means

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Tatanka Wanbli Sapa Xila Sabe Means the full name of Tatanka Means, is an American actor, comedian, boxer, entrepreneur, and activist. He started his acting career with the film Black Cloudin 2004. He was well known for the role ofHobbamockinSaints & Strangers, and WolfinTiger Eyes.

Tatanka Means was born on 19 February 1985 in Chinle, Arizona, the USA to Russell Means [Father]. He married Christie Means and living in a very good life. His height and weight are 6 feet and 70kgs with black hair and blue eyes. His net worth is estimated at $4 to $6 million US dollars and one of the young native American actors.

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11 Kiowa Gordon

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Kiowa Joseph Gordon is the full name of popular native American actor Kiowa Gordon, who began his acting career with the movieThe Twilight Saga: New Moonin 2009, and he is popularly known for the acting role of Embry Call in the debut first film The Twilight Saga series,JuniorinThe Red Road, etc.

Kiowa Gordon was born on 25 March 1990 in Berlin, Germany to Thomas Gordon and Camille Nighthorse Gordon and has four brothers and three sisters. He is currently unmarried and one of the young native American actors.

His height and weight are 5.11 and 72kgs with dark brown hair and eyes. His net worth is estimated at $4 million US dollars approx.

12 Michael Greyeyes

50 Famous Native American Actors of All Time 2022 - mrDustBin (12)Michael Greyeyes is an Indigenous Canadian Actor, Educator, Director, dancer, and choreographer. He began his acting career with the Television MovieGeronimo in 1993 and later debuted in the film Dance Me Outside in 1995. He was popularly known for the roles ofCrazy Horse inCrazy Horse,Sitting BullinWoman Walks Ahead,Brett WoodardinTrue Detective, etc.

Michael Greyeyes was born on 4 June 1967 in Qu’Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan, Canada. He married Nancy Latoszewski and has two children, his height and weight are 6.2 feet and 75kgs with black hair and brown eyes. His net worth is estimated at $1 to $5 million US Dollars.

13 Gil Birmingham

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Gil Birmingham was an American Actor, he began his acting career in a Television Series Riptideas a Cop in 1986 and later he debuts in the film House II: The Second Storyin the year 1987. He becomes popular for the role of Billy Blackin the film series Twilight, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. He is one of the famous Native American actors of 2021.

Gil Birmingham was born on 13 July 1953 in San Antonio, Texas, United States. His height is 6.2 feet with 100kgs of weight and with black hair and dark brown eyes. His net worth is around $700k.

14 Tahmoh Penikett

50 Famous Native American Actors of All Time 2022 - mrDustBin (14)Tahmoh Penikett is a Canadian Actor, who began his acting career with the TV movieMurder on the Iditarod Trailin 1996 and debuted in the Film Go-Go Boy (Prelude) in 2002. He was popularly known for the roles ofLt. Karl “Helo” Agathon inBattlestar Galactica,Paul BallardinDollhouse,Ezekiel/GadreelinSupernatural, etc.

Tahmoh Penikett was born on 20 May 1975 in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada to Tony Penikett and Lulla Sierra Johns, and has two sisters. His height and weight are 6.2 feet and 74kgs with an Athletic body having blue eye color and dark brown hair. His net worth is estimated at $1 million US dollars approx.

15 Alex Meraz

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Alejandro Meraz is the full name of the American actor, Martial artist, and Dancer Alex Meraz, who started his acting career with the filmThe New Worldin 2005 and he is well known for the roles ofPaul LahoteinThe Twilight Saga: New Moon, etc.

Alex Meraz was born on 10 January 1985 in Mesa, Arizona, United States. He married Kim in 2007 and they have 2 children. His height and weight are 5.11 feet and 75kgs of weight with an athletic body having brown eye color and black hair. His net worth is estimated at USD 5 million approx.

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16 Rick Mora

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Richard Mora is the full name of Rick Mora who’s an American. He got his Bachelor’s in California State University.

He is not just an actor but a Mexican and American Supermodel who had his place in the European and American modeling industry after some local photoshoots. Native Actor Mora has also acted in several movies like Twilight, Avenged, Yellow Rock, etc…

Rick was born on 1st February 1975 in Los Angele, California in the USA. He is of mixed Apache (meaning: Red Indian) and Yaqui ethnicity.

He is 5’10” tall. His eye color is Dark Brown and his hair is Dark Brown too. His estimated net worth is $5 million.

17 Litefoot

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18 Tokala Black Elk

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Tokala Black Elk is Native American by birth whereas, he has a different origin by his ancestral theory like before 15 generations in the Earl of Cumberland England.

Tokala got certified at Oglala Lakota College at the Undergraduate level to teach Sioux, the Lakota Language. He was the first one to represent a whole nation in the US senate at a very young age.

Tokala was born on 30th November 1983 in Pine Ridge, South Dakota in the USA.

He is 6’1″ tall. His eye color is Black and his hair is also Black. His net worth is $150 Thousand.

19 Branscombe Richmond

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Branscombe Richmond is a very well recognized American actor also sometimes he does stuntman works too. Donovan’s Reef, Two minutes dream, and McArthur are some of his works.

He has also done roles in Television Series like Black Water, Eyes, The Six Million Dollar Man, etc… He also acted in the Charlie’s Angels T.V program in the year 1981.

Bran was born on 8th August 1955 in Los Angeles, California in USA. His parents are Alice Kamano and Leo C. Richmond.

He is 6’2″ tall and 75kgs by weight. His eye color is Hazel and his hair is Black. His net worth is $3 million.

20 Michael Spears

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Michael Spears is one of the popular Native American actors and he is the elder brother of Eddie Spears. He began his acting career in the filmDance with Wolvesin the role ofOtter in 1990. He was popularly known for the role of Dog Star in the filmInto the West.

Michael Spears was born on 28 December 1977 in Chamberlain, South Dakota. The United States. his height is 6.2 feet and 68 kgs of weight with a moderate body. Michael Spears’s net worth is around $1-3 million US Dollars.

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21 Bronson Pelletier

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Bronson Pelletier is a Canadian actor who has appeared in the Famous novel converted movie Twilight Saga in its four sequels. He played Jack Sinclair in the Canadian series, Renegade press whereas he firstly got a chance in a children’s show called the Art zone.

Bron was born on 31st December 1986 in Canada. His wife is Sabine Bezzelt Moestrup. He is 5’10” tall and 75kgs by weight. His eye color is Brown and his hair is Black. His net worth is $600 Thousand.

22 Chaske Spencer

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Chaske Spencer is a Native American actor and film producer, he began his acting career in the film Skinsin the role of Teen Rudy in 2002. He is one of the famous Native American actors, popular for the role of Sam UleyinTwilight Saga in a film series of Part 1 and 2 and the role of Deputy Billy Raven inBanshee a Television series of 2014-2016.

Chaske Spencer was born on 9 March 1975 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, United States. The height and weight of Chaske Spencer are 6.2 feet [1.87m] and 75kgs with a slim body of 42-inch chest and 16-inch biceps with Black hair and black eyes. His net worth is around USD 2 million.

23 Jay Tavare

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Jay Tavare is an actor and blogger who is American. Jay is known for his Street Fighter in portraying Vega a film adaption of the video game and its tie-in. It belongs to the year 1994.

When he speaks about him, he defines him as a storyteller and a citizen of the nation with pride. He also has acted in films revealing his best-talented work and of those also got Oscar awards. Pathfinder, The Missing and Cold Mountain, etc…

JT was born on 23rd March 1971 in Navajo Nation, Arizona in the U.S.A. His father’s name is A. Wallace Tashina.

He is tall 5’8″ and 66kgs by weight. His eye color is Dark Brown and his hair is Black. His net worth is $5 million

24 Jerry Wolf

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Jerry Wolf is a Native-American actor whose latest movie is Last Patrol on Okinawa which was produced by Napseni Motion Pictures, a firm owned & co-founded by Jerry himself and his Partner Nick Brokaw in the year 2011.

His next movie is yet to be released next year of which he wrapped up a role in Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon. His work was premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in the year 2013 which was a ladder to his career up.

Jerry was born in 1987 in Malibu, California. His parents are Susie Duff and Larry Sellers.

He is 6’2″tall. His eye color Dark Brown is and his hair is Black. His net worth is $1.1 million.

25 Justin Rain

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Justin is a Canadian actor. He originally was interested in Architecture and went to the British Columbia Institute of Technology which later switched to Dramatic Arts at the Vancouver Academy of Dramatic Arts.

He has also acted in the famous series Fear the Walking Dead Series as crazy dog. Justin got a great break in a minor role via The Twilight Saga: Eclipse movie.

Justin was born on 27th October 1981 in Vancouver, Canada. He is 6′ tall and 70kgs by weight. His eye color is Brown and his hair is brown too. His net worth is $4 million.

26 Rudy Youngblood

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Rudy Youngblood is a Native American who is a broad-minded person. He never called one place home since he was a child. Before his debut, on the big screen, he worked in many places as a laborer.

He got his first role in Apocalypto by Mel Gibson which was an Oscar-Nominated one.

Rudy was born on 21st September 1982 in Belton, Texas. His mother is a Comanche and his father is Yaqui.

He is 6′ tall and75kgs by weight. His eye color is Black and his hair is the same too. His net worth is $2 million.

27 Eddie Spears

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Edward Spears the full name of Eddie Spears, was a native American Actor and model. Eddie Spears began his acting career in the TV film Geronimoin 1993 in the role ofIshkiye. He was popular for the role of Black Cloud in the movieBlack Cloud.

Eddie Spears is one of the famous Native American actors. He has a net worth of USD 500k. The height and weight of Eddie Spears are 6 feet [182 cm] and moderate weight. Eddie Spears was born on 29 November 1982 to Pat Spears and he has one brother.

28 Larry Sellers

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Larry Sellers is an American actor and also a stuntman who got nominated for Emmy Awards for Best Supporting Actor in the movie Cloud Dancing.

He picks most of his roles by himself as a Native American. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman & Wayne’s World 2 are some of his other works.

He was born on 2nd October 1949 in Pawhuska, Oklahoma America. He is 5’6″ tall and 63kgs by weight. His eye color is Brown and his hair is brown too. His net worth is $94million.

29 Noah Watts

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Noah Watts is an American actor and not just that but a musician too. He is a descendant of the Blackfeet Nation.

He’s also a member of the Crow Tribe. He bears a name from the crows as Bulaagawish which means Old Bull.

He is well-known for his part in Assassin’s Creed III in the year 2012, Assassin’s Creed III: The Tyranny of Kind Washington in the year 2013, and Sons of Anarchy of the year 2008.

Noah was born on 29th December 1983 in Livingston, Montana in the USA. His parents are George Standing Bear and Pretty Face.

He is 5’8″ tall. His eye color is Dark Brown and his hair is Black. His net worth is $5 million.

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30 Alex Kruz

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Alex Kruz is an American actor & a producer who also acts in theatre and television. Red Cloud: Deliverance & Tom in America are a few of his works.

He also received Best actor awards like the America Movie awards, the Bare Bones International Film Festival awards, the DC Independent Film Festival, etc…

He was born on 30th November 1978 in Jersey City, New Jersey in the USA. His parents are

Jules B. Kroll Mary and Ann Ashbrook. His sibling is Stephen Kendrick.

Alex is 5’10″tall. His eye color is Hazel and his hair is Black. His net worth is $1 million.

31 Wesley French

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Wesley French is a Canadian actor. He is famously known for his works, such as Cashing In, In Einem Wilden Land & Skinwalkers.

Most importantly he is a member of Chippewas in the Thames 1st National reservation in Southwestern Ontario. He’s one of the men with great will combined with great potential who anyways shares his solitude off-screen and on stage.

Wesley was born on 13th April 1979 in London, Ontario in Canada, and lives in the same place till the present. He was born on Good Friday. He is 6’2.5″ tall. His eye color is Dark Brown and his hair is Black. His net worth is $2 million.

32 Billy Wirth

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Willian E. Wirth is the birth name of Billy Wirth a famous American actor, artist, and producer. Seven minutes in heaven, The Equalizer, The Lost Boys, and War Party are only a few to be mentioned.

He attended a Prep School in Manhattan. Brown University, Providence in Rhode Island. Bill was founded by a photographer, Bruce Weber in Brown and he became a model later in movies.

Bill was born on 23rd June 1962 in New York City, New York in the USA. His parents are Jean and Morris A Worth.

He is tall 6’and 75kgs by weight. His eye color is Brown and his hair is Black. His net worth is $3 Million.

33 Forrest Goodluck

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Forrest is an American actor who is famous for his works The Revenant as Hugh Glass’s son Hawk in the year 2015, and The Miseducation of Cameron Post in the year 2018.

Ink, Indian Horse, Mud, Blood Quantum, I used to Go Here, and Cherry are a few of his works. Designated Survivor, The Liberator, and The Republic of Sarah are some of the series he worked on.

Forrest was born on 6th August 1998 in Albuquerque, New Mexico in the USA. His parents are Kevin and Laurie Goodluck. He is 5’9.5″ tall and 64kgs by weight. His eye color is Brown and his hair is Black. His net worth is $300 million.

34 Ryan cunningham

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Ryan Cunningham is a Canadian actor who is famous for his act in the movie Dracula 2001 in the year 2000, Downtown in the year 2003, and The River You Step In.

Chasing Lear was one of his works in which he acted as himself which was a Documentary. Playing the Murder, Black Stone, Mixed Blessings, and Blue Murder are some of his other works.

Ryan was born in Edmonton, Alberta in Canada. He pursued Performing Arts at Grant MacEwan University Performing Arts.

His eye color is Dark Brown and his hair is Dark Brown color. His net worth is $1.7 million.

35 Chief Yowlachie

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Chief Yowlachie who is otherwise known as Daniel Simmons, was a Native American actor of the Yakama tribe of the USA (Washington).

Our Chief is famous for his acting in the Classic Red River in the year 1948. Kentucky days and Ride ’em Cowboy is a few of his other works.

Yowalachie was born on 15th August 1890 in Yakima Indian Reservation, Washington & passed away on 7th March 1966, in Los Angeles, California in the USA. He was educated at the Government Indian Trade School.

He is 6′ tall and 81kgs by weight. His eye color is Dark Brown and his hair is Black.

36 Chris Eyre

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Chris Eyre is an American film Director and Producer who was also Chairman of Santa Fe University of Art and Design in the year 2012.

He is also an enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes which implies he’s a Native American. He is known for his works like Smoke Signals, Skins, and Edge of America.

Chris was born on 4th December 1968 in Portland, Oregon in the USA. His parents are Earl and Barbara Eyre.

His eye color is Brown and his hair is Black. And Chris estimated net worth is $5 million.

37 Eric Schweig

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Ray Dean Thrasher is the birth name of Eric Schweig an Indigenous Canadian actor who is well known for his work The Last of the Mohicans in the year 1992 as Uncas son of Chingachgook.

Big Eden in the year 2000 and Tom and Huck in the year 1995 are a couple of his other works.

Eric was born on 19th June 1967 in Inuvik, Northwest Territories in Canada. His mother’s name is Margaret Thrasher.

He is 6’2″ Feet tall and 75kg in weight. His eye color is Black and his hair is Black too. His net worth is $1 million.

38 David Midthunder

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David Midthunder is an American actor from a tribal side by birth and is an enrolled tribal member at the Fort Peck Indian reservation in Montana.

He is known for Larry McMurtry’s Comanche Moon and David Ridges a role played in Longmire’s Nemesis on seasons 2 and 3 of Longmire.

David was born on 8th August 1962 in Fort Peck Reservation, Montana in the USA. His parents are both from Assiniboine and Lakota Sioux tribes.

He is 6’5″ Feet tall and 80kgs in weight. His eye color is Dark Brown and his hair is Dark Brown. His net worth is $14 million.

39 Buffalo Child

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Sylvester Chahuska Long Lance, Buffalo Child, and Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance are the real names of our American actor Buffalo Child who is exactly a full-blooded Plains Cree Native American.

Clark was born on 1st December 1890 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in the USA, and died on 20th March 1932 when he was 41 in Los Angeles, California in U.S. His parents were Joseph Sylvester Long and Sallie Malinda Carson.

He is 6’2.5″ Feet tall and 60kg by weight. His eye color is Black and his hair is Black. His net worth is $ million.

40 Saginaw Grant

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Morgan Saginaw Grant is the famously known Saginaw Grant who is a Native American and musician and does character roles and is best known for The Lone Ranger, The World’s Fastest Indian, Community, and Breaking Bad.

Sagi was born on 20th July 1936 in Pawnee, Oklahoma in the USA, and passed away in Hollywood, California in the USA on 28th July 2021 at the age of 85. His parents are Sarah (née Murray) and Austin Grant.

He is 6 Feet tall and 88kgs by weight. His eye color is Black and his hair is Black too. His net worth is $10 million.

41 Chief Thundercloud

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Chief Thundercloud’s real name is Victor Daniels who is an American actor and is very much known for being the first actor to play the role of Tonto who’s the Lone Ranger’s Native-American companion, on the big screen.

Chief was born on 12th April 1899 in Muskogee, Indian Territory, USA (which is now Oklahoma in the USA), and died on 1st December 1955 in Ventura, California in the USA due to stomach cancer.

He is 6′ tall and 64kgs by weight. His eye color is Brown and his hair is Black. His net worth is $94.6 million.

42 Rodney A. Grant

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Rodney Arnold Grant is the birth name of Rodney A Grant a Native American actor who is known for his works such as Dance with the Wolves as Wind in his Hair.

Ghosts of Mars, Geronimo: An American Legend, The Substitute, White Wolves III: Cry of the White Wolf, Wagons East, Wild Wild West, and Powwow Highway are some of his works.

Rodney was born on 9th March 1959 in Nebraska in the USA. He was raised in the Omaha reservation in Macy, Nebraska after his biological parents left him alone he was taken care of by his grandparents for six months till 1982.

He is 6′ tall and 82kgs by weight. His eye color is Black and his hair is Brown. His net worth is $22.7 million.

43 Chief Dan George

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Geswanouth Slahoot is the birth name of Chief Dan George who is an American actor, author, poet, musical performer, lumberjack, bus driver, construction worker, and Stevedore.

He has got the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor and was also nominated for Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture.

Chief was born on 24th July 1899 in North Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada, and was dead on 23rd September 1981 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. His children are Chief Leonard George, and Chief Jesse George aka Nighthawk. His great grand-child is Rachelle George and Lee Maracle is his grandparent.

He is 5’4″tall. His eye color is Brown and his hair is Black. His net worth is $8 million.

44 Floyd Red Crow Westerman

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Floyd Westerman, known as Kanghi Duta and Red Crow in Dakota, was an American Actor, Musician, and political activist. He started his career as a music singer and later into an acting career. He is one of the older Native American actors. Floyd began his acting career with the Television series Two Eagles in 1988 and later he debuts in thefilm Renegadesin 1989.

Floyd Westerman was born on 17 August 1936 in Lake Traverse Indian Reservation, South Dakota, United States. His last breath was on 13 December 2007.

45 Graham Greene

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Graham Greene is a Canadian Actor who works in Film and Television. He was born on 22 June 1952, at Six Nations Reserve, Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada. He has received many awards in his acting career some of them are Gemini Awards, Reelworld Film Festival, and RNCI Red Nation Awards.

His father’s name is John Greene and his mother is Lillian Greene he married Hilary Blackmore in 1990.

Actor Graham is 5’10” tall. His eye color is Blank and his hair is salt & pepper. His net worth is $5 million.

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Espera Oscar DeCorti is the birth name of Iron Eyes Cody whose nickname is The Crying Indian and he is an American actor of Italian descent.

The Viking, The Big Trail, Fighting Caravans, Oklahoma Jim, and The Rainbow Trailare some of his works.

Cody was born on 3rd April 1907vin Gueydan, Louisiana in the USA, and was dead on 4th January 1999 at the age of 91 in Los Angeles, California in the USA. His parents are Antonio de Corti and Francesca Salpietra.

He is 6 Feet tall and 89kg by weight. His eye color is Dark Brown and his hair was Black. His net worth was $78.1 million.

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Russell Charles Means the full name of Russell Means, was a popular actor and Politician, and a native American actor. he began his career in 1992 with the film The Last of the Mohicans and in 1996 he debuts in an Action Crime Television Series Walker, Texas Ranger.

Russell Means was born on 10 November 1939 in Porcupine, South Dakota, US and he is no more, his last breath is on 22 October 2012.

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William Sampson Jr. the full name of William Sampson, was an American actor, painter, and rodeo Performer. He began his acting career in 1975 with the film Crazy Mamaand in 1977 he debts in Television Movie Relentless.

William Sampson was born on 27 September 1933 in Oklahoma, United States. His height is 6.7 feet with Black hair and black eyes. His last breath was on 3 June 1987 at the age of 53.

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Who are the influential Native Americans 2022? ›

The 2022 Hall of Fame inductees include: Governor Bill Anoatubby, Chickasaw, Governor of the Chickasaw Nation; Ryneldi Becenti, Navajo, the first Native American woman to play in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) league; John Echohawk, Pawnee, executive director of Native American Rights Fund; Tim ...

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Here is a list and description of just a few of these great leaders and famous people:
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Who is a Native American hero? ›

Sitting Bull. Bill Manns/ShutterstockSitting Bull is known as one of the bravest Native American chiefs, leading the Lakota Sioux Nation during the period of U.S. government encroachment across Native lands. Sitting Bull is a legendary hero known for epic courage during battle, even smoking a pipe on the front lines.

Who is the first Native American actor? ›

Ray Mala (December 27, 1906 – September 23, 1952) was the first Native American movie star and the most prolific film star Alaska has thus far produced. Mala was recently named a "Top Ten Alaskan" by TIME Magazine. He starred in MGM's Academy Award-winning Eskimo/Mala The Magnificent, directed by Woody Van Dyke.

Who is the leader of Native Americans? ›

President, Fawn Sharp

Sharp serves as the 23rd President of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), the oldest, largest and most representative American Indian and Alaska Native tribal government organization in the country.

What is the biggest Native American tribe? ›

The nation extends into Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. In 2021, the Navajo Nation also surpassed the Cherokee Nation to become the largest tribe by population too, with nearly 400,000 registered members. And as you might expect, Navajo has the most speakers of any Native American language.

What is the most powerful Native American tribe in history? ›

The rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful tribe in American history.

What is the oldest Indian tribe? ›

The Hopi Indians are the oldest Native American tribe in the World.

What are the 5 Native American? ›

The term "Five Civilized Tribes" came into use during the mid-nineteenth century to refer to the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole nations.

Who is the oldest Native American? ›

White Wolf Chief John Smith was a Native American of the Ojibwe (also known as Ojibwa, Chippewa, or Saulteux) people that lived in the Cass Lake, Minnesota area of the United States during the 1800s and early 1900s.

Who is the greatest Apache chief? ›

Chief Cochise, one of the great leaders of the Apache Indians in their battles with the Anglo-Americans, dies on the Chiricahua reservation in southeastern Arizona.

Who was the last great Indian chief? ›

Medicine Crow was a founding member of the Traditional Circle of Indian Elders and Youth. He was the last war chief of the Crow Nation and the last Plains Indian war chief.

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SIX 19TH CENTURY NATIVE AMERICAN LEADERS ON HORSEBACK (l-r) — Little Plume (Piegan), Buckskin Charley (Ute), Geronimo (Chiricahua Apache), Quanah Parker (Comanche), Hollow Horn Bear (Brulé Sioux), and American Horse (Oglala Sioux).

Who is the Native American female super hero? ›

Echo - Female, Native American, Latina, Deaf Superhero

(post revised 3/30/16) Created by David Mack and Joe Quesada, Maya Lopez, (a.k.a.- “Echo”) first appeared in Daredevil Vol. 2, #9 (12/99). She was half Cheyenne, half Latina and after Kingpin killed her father, (Willie “Crazy Horse” Lincoln), Kingpin raised her...

Are there any Native American superheroes? ›

DC Comics had characters like Ohiyesa “Pow Wow” Smith, a sheriff with Sioux heritage, in “Western Comics” of the 1950s. Marvel's first Native American superhero was Red Wolf, who appeared in 1970. Red Wolf had mystical powers and a trusted wolf companion named Lobo.

Who is the Native American female superhero? ›

Maya Lopez made her screen debut (played by Alaqua Cox) in Hawkeye. In 2023, she will also have her own MCU solo series, Echo. She is a member of the Cheyenne Nation and, as Echo, Maya uses her photographic reflexes to mimic anything she sees — making her a formidable fighter.

What Native American actor won an Oscar? ›

Sacheen Littlefeather, a Native American actress and activist who made Oscars history in 1973, declining the best actor prize on behalf of Marlon Brando and jolting the Academy — and an estimated 85 million television viewers — with her speech condemning injustice against American Indians, died Oct.

Has a Native American won an Oscar? ›

There has only been one Native to *WIN* an Oscar; 1982, Buffy Sainte Marie (Musician) – Best Music, Original Song for An Officer and a Gentleman, For the song “Up Where We Belong”.

Who was the first Native American woman actress? ›

On February 23, 1914, Lilian St. Cyr, performing under the name “Princess Red Wing,” became the first Native American actress to appear in a silent film. During her 15-year acting career, she performed in more than 70 films—both shorts and Hollywood features.

What was the most peaceful Native American tribe? ›

Prior to European settlement of the Americas, Cherokees were the largest Native American tribe in North America. They became known as one of the so-called "Five Civilized Tribes," thanks to their relatively peaceful interactions with early European settlers and their willingness to adapt to Anglo-American customs.

What is a Native American chief called? ›

Sachems /ˈseɪtʃəmz/ and sagamores /ˈsæɡəmɔːrz/ are paramount chiefs among the Algonquians or other Native American tribes of northeastern North America, including the Iroquois. The two words are anglicizations of cognate terms (c. 1622) from different Eastern Algonquian languages.

How many Indian tribes still exist? ›

There are currently 574 Federally Recognized Tribes as of 01/28/2022.

Which Indian tribe was the most aggressive? ›

The Comanches, known as the "Lords of the Plains", were regarded as perhaps the most dangerous Indians Tribes in the frontier era.

Which state has the most Native American? ›

Alaska, Oklahoma and New Mexico have the highest population share of American Indians and Alaska Natives, according to new census figures. Nov. 26, 2021, at 7:30 a.m.

What do Native Americans prefer to be called? ›

The consensus, however, is that whenever possible, Native people prefer to be called by their specific tribal name. In the United States, Native American has been widely used but is falling out of favor with some groups, and the terms American Indian or Indigenous American are preferred by many Native people.

Who was the last free Native American tribe? ›

His people, the Yahi, had supposedly vanished decades earlier, and because they were the last Natives living freely in the West, Ishi became famous as “the last wild Indian.”

Which was the strongest tribe in the world? ›

Somali people

They are undisputedly the most powerful African tribe there can ever be. Their military warfare skills and tactics are some of the best in the continent and oldest dating back to the Land of Punt where they sent their powerful mercenaries to Egypt defeating the ancient Hittites.

Who was 137 years old Native American? ›

Chief John Smith lived his entire life in the Cass Lake area of Minnesota, and was reputed to have been 137 years old when he died of pneumonia. He was known as "The Old Indian" to the local white people.

What is the oldest human tribe? ›

A new genomic study has revealed that Aboriginal Australians are the oldest known civilization on Earth, with ancestries stretching back roughly 75,000 years.

Who lived in America before the natives? ›

The earliest populations in the Americas, before roughly 10,000 years ago, are known as Paleo-Indians.

What are the friendliest Indian tribes? ›

The Five Civilized Tribes consist of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole Indian Tribes. They became commonly referred to as the Five Civilized Tribes......

What does 4 mean in Native American? ›

The most important number is four, the symbol of the horizontal picture of the world, which is most clearly represented among North American Indians: “In its essence, this symbolism stays for a cycle associated with fertility.

What are the 3 main Native American groups? ›

Californian - Tribes living in the area that is today the state of California such as the Mohave and the Miwok. Great Basin - This is a dry area and was one of the last to have contact with Europeans. The Great Basin tribes include the Washo, Ute, and Shoshone.

Have any Native American actors won an Oscar? ›

Buffy Sainte-Marie was the first indigenous person to win an Academy Award. Yalitza Aparicio was nominated for her acting debut in 2018's Roma.

Are there any Native American actors on Yellowstone? ›

Yellowstone does feature two well-known Native actors: Gil Birmingham, of Comanche descent, plays Thomas Rainwater, the Harvard-educated chairman of the fictional "Broken Rock" tribe who aims to buy back ancestral lands now owned by wealthy Montana cattleman John Dutton, played by Kevin Costner.

Which actor has won 3 Oscars? ›

Meryl Streep

The Academy loves Streep. She's been nominated a whopping 21 times for her acting work. Nobody else has more than 12. All those nominations have resulted in three Oscars.

Which actor has won many Oscars? ›

As of 2022, Katharine Hepburn maintained her lead as the actor with the most Oscar wins of all time.

Who is the only Native American to win an Oscar? ›

There has only been one Native to *WIN* an Oscar; 1982, Buffy Sainte Marie (Musician) – Best Music, Original Song for An Officer and a Gentleman, For the song “Up Where We Belong”.

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