Ted Thin Elk
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Ted Thin Elk American
actor, a Sicangu Lakota Sioux
, who spent most of his life on the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation in South Dakota. He was 72 when he got his first role in the movie Thunderheart
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Also known as Chief Ted Thin Elk, he was accorded a First Americans in the Arts award in 1992, the first year the honor was awarded.
United States
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actor, a Sicangu Lakota Sioux
Sioux
The Sioux are Native American and First Nations people in North America. The term can refer to any ethnic group within the Great Sioux Nation or any of the nation's many language dialects...
, who spent most of his life on the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation in South Dakota. He was 72 when he got his first role in the movie Thunderheart
Thunderheart
Thunderheart is a 1992 American contemporary western mystery film directed by Michael Apted from an original screenplay by John Fusco. The film is a loosely based fictional portrayal of events relating to the Wounded Knee incident in 1973...
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Also known as Chief Ted Thin Elk, he was accorded a First Americans in the Arts award in 1992, the first year the honor was awarded.
Filmography
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- ThunderheartThunderheartThunderheart is a 1992 American contemporary western mystery film directed by Michael Apted from an original screenplay by John Fusco. The film is a loosely based fictional portrayal of events relating to the Wounded Knee incident in 1973...