Native America Fans Club

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06/25/2025

NATIVE ACTRESS ''Q'ORIANKA KILCHER'' WE ARE STILL HERE'✊.

06/24/2025

"LARRY SELLERS ,1949-2021-OSAGE..Did you know that actor Larry Sellers was from Osage County? Born in Pawhuska in 1949, Sellers portrayed Native characters in several movies and television shows during his decades-long career, including Wayne's World 2, The Sopranos, and more than 70 episodes of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (he received an Emmy nomination for the latter).
After years of providing respectful portrayals of Native American characters both on TV and in films, Sellers passed away in late 2021 at the age of 72.
He also served as an Osage language instructor at the Osage Nation Language Department, helping to keep the legacy of Osage culture alive for future generations.
Explore some of this rich heritage for yourself at the Osage Nation Museum in Pawhuska.".

06/24/2025

"""I am a red man. If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man he would have made me so in the first place. He put in your heart certain wishes and plans, in my heart he put other and different desires. Each man is good in his sight. It is not necessary for Eagles to be Crows.""
- Sitting Bull
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Sources: photograph taken by David F. Berry, circa 1883 / Wikimedia Commons".

06/23/2025

On July 21st, 1979 Jay Silverheels, became the first Indigenous Native to have a star commemorated on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Harold Jay Smith, was a full-blooded Mohawk, born May 26th,1912 on the Six Nations Indian Reservation in Ontario, Canada. He excelled in athletics, most notably in lacrosse. In 1931 he was among the first players chosen to play for the Toronto Tecumsehs, where he earned the nickname "Silverheels". And in 1997 he was inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame as a veteran player. In 1938, he placed second in the middleweight class of the Golden Gloves tournament. This led to his working in motion pictures as an extra and stuntman in 1937. Billed variously as Harold Smith and Harry Smith, before taking the name Jay Silverheels. He appeared in low-budget features, mostly Westerns, and serials before landing his much loved and iconic role as Tonto on national tv from 1949 until 1957 along with two movies. In the early 1960s, he was a founding member of the Indian Actors Workshop, in Echo Park, Los Angeles. Where Native actors refine their skills. Today the workshop is still a well established institution. Silverheels died on March 5, 1980, from stroke, at age 67, in Calabasas, California. He was cremated at Chapel of the Pines Crematory, and his ashes were returned to the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario.

06/23/2025

As we should be….🌿🌿🌿.

06/22/2025

"𝐉𝐚𝐲 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 (born Harold Jay Smith; May 26, 1912 – March 5, 1980) was an Indigenous Canadian actor and athlete. He was well known for his role as Tonto, the Native American companion of the Lone Ranger in the American Western television series The Lone Ranger.Jay Silverheels was born on Canada's Six Nation's Reserve and was one of 10 children. He was a star lacrosse player and a boxer before he entered films as a stuntman in 1938. He worked in a number of films through the 1940s before gaining notice as the Osceola brother in a Humphrey Bogart film Key Largo (1948). Most of Silverheels' roles consisted of bit parts as an Indian character. In 1949, he worked in the movie The Cowboy and the Indians (1949) with another ""B movie"" actor Clayton Moore. Later that year, Silverheels was hired to play the faithful Indian companion, Tonto, in the TV series The Lone Ranger (1949) series, which brought him the fame that his motion picture career never did.Silverheels recreated the role of Tonto in two big-screen color movies with Moore,The Lone Ranger (1956) and The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold (1958). After the TV series ended in 1957, Silverheels could not escape the typecasting of Tonto. He would continue to appear in an occasional film and television show but became a spokesperson to improve the portrayal of Indians in the media.Familiar Canadian Indian actor who shot to fame as Tonto, the faithful Indian companion of the masked man on the US television series The Lone Ranger (1949). A member of the Mohawk tribe of Canada's Six Nations Reserve, Silverheels excelled at wrestling, horse racing, football, boxing, and hockey, and became a renowned lacrosse player.With the help of actor Joe E. Brown,Silverheels obtained work as a stuntman and extra in Hollywood films. Following military service in World War II, Silverheels returned to film and landed small, often stereotypical roles as Indian warriors in Westerns. John Huston cast him as one of the fugitive Osceola brothers in Key Largo (1948), and Silverheels followed with the two roles that would define his career, Tonto and the Apache leader Geronimo, whom he would play several times beginning with the Western classic Broken Arrow (1950). Silverheels' enormous fame as Tonto overshadowed everything else, although it did not prevent him from playing other prominent roles. Even after completing The Lone Ranger (1949)series, Silverheels continued to reprise Tonto for commercials, comic guest spots, and spoofs.
Silverheels became an outspoken activist for Indian rights and a respected teacher within the Indian acting community. He appeared on talk and variety shows performing his own poetry. In later years, he began a second career as a harness racer. His health failed in the 1970s, and he died of a stroke in 1980, a beloved f".

06/22/2025

"Welcome to Our Page Native Americans❤️🪶Migwetch (thank you)A-da-do-li-gi (Blessing in CherokeeWelcome to our learning group in a friendly sacred place for all people to learn together.Our group is open to all Natives (full/mixed) and non Natives who respect the Native culture.
Mitakuye Oyasin ""The Lakota phrase in English as ""all my relatives,"" ""we are all related,"" or ""all my relations.""
It is a prayer of oneness and harmony with all forms of life: other people, animals, birds, insects, trees and plants, and even rocks, rivers, mountains and valleys.""
We may have be different in our colors, where we were born, ages, religions and many other ways but one in having in our heart and soul the Native ways and learning together about them.
There may be others that do believe differently for we come from so many places.
Let us respect all in their beliefs.
In our group here is to honor and teach the Native ways.
If there is any subject of Native, tribe or ways you would like to know please ask and we will research and learn together.
We the Admins. do take note of what you may want to know.
If you ever disagree with anything please feel free to contact us through messages NOT comments.
We do our best to help here.
Education about Native's in the past and nowadays.
A place to we share Native, wisdom, tribes, music, poems, crafts, prayers, powwow's, photos, art, stories and history.
No Tolerances for Rude comments or Fool language. . You will be ban from our page NO QUESTIONS. Asked !
All the members here are very mindful and respectful.
Anyone that comments hate, swears or are mean will be banned.
We love and appreciate all members here!
We are all related and Family here..
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06/21/2025

"With Much Respect!!
Will Sampson - A Native American actor of the Creek Nation, Sampson's ""big break"" came from his memorable role in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest opposite Jack Nicholson. He was also starred opposite Clint Eastwood in the western The Outlaw Josey Wales. He also had a part in Poltergiest ll...".

06/21/2025

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06/20/2025

"Congratulations on your 73th birthday
Graham Greene, CM (born June 22, 1952) is an Indigenous (Oneida) Canadian actor who has worked on stage, in film, and in TV productions in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Dances with Wolves (1990). Other notable films include Thunderheart (1992), Maverick (1994), Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), The Green Mile (1999), Skins (2002), Transamerica (2005), Casino Jack (2010), Winter's Tale (2014), The Shack (2017), Wind River (2017) and Shadow Wolves (2019)!.".

06/20/2025

He is feeling sad . because no one appreciate his work .❤️.