Oscar-Nominated Indigenous Actor Graham Greene Dies at 73
Graham Greene, the groundbreaking Indigenous actor best known for his Oscar-nominated role as Kicking Bird in Dances with Wolves, has died at the age of 73. Greene passed away Monday in Stratford, Ontario, after a long battle with an undisclosed illness, according to Variety. Born in 1952 on Canada’s Six Nations Reserve, Greene worked in various trades before beginning his acting career in the late 1970s. He rose to prominence in 1990 with Dances with Wolves, earning an Academy Award nomination. He went on to deliver acclaimed performances in films such as The Green Mile, Maverick, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Wind River, and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2. Greene also left a deep mark on television, appearing in Reservation Dogs, 1883, The Last of Us, and Tulsa King. His Grammy-winning work on Listen to the Storyteller […]