Indigenous Quote by Lily Gladstone

“In most Native languages, most Indigenous languages, Blackfeet included, there are no gendered pronouns. There is no he/she, there's only they.”

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Indian country is small, word gets around about how people conduct themselves when they come into your community.

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I was born and raised on my reservation in my mountains on my plains. That's still where I feel the most full.

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My very first paycheck was for $125 dollars as a featured extra as 'a crying girl' in a small indie film called 'Here Come…

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Ballet, dance, movement, performance - it is the bedrock of why I love to perform.

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Any role I play, which is native or highlights native history or culture, whether or not it's laid out, I'm always going to make…

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I was always the squirrelly, overcharged kid.

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My path to acting started with watching a lot of movies, because I grew up in a very rural place, that was snowed in…

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My dad's a boilermaker, my mom was a teacher.

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