List of fictional Native Americans
This is the list of fictional Native Americans from notable works of fiction (literatures, films, television shows, video games, etc.). It is organized by the examples of the fictional indigenous peoples of the United States, ones that are historical and others that are modern.
Literature
This section contains examples of the writing of both native and non-native authors.
Native American | Work | Notes | Author |
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Agnes Adams | The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian | The Spokane Indian who lives on the Spokane Indian reservation in her life. She is the mother of Arnold Spirit Jr. | Sherman Alexie |
Arnold Spirit Jr. (Junior) | The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian | A 14-year-old boy who lives on the reservation with his parents. | Sherman Alexie |
Arnold Spirit Sr. | The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian | Junior's father who could have been a jazz musician. | Sherman Alexie |
Zits (Michael) | Flight | A 15-year-old boy who is the foster child and the main character of the story. | Sherman Alexie |
Thomas Builds-the-Fire | The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven | The character who appears in "This is What it Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona". | Sherman Alexie |
Victor Joseph | The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven | One of the main characters of the short story collection. | Sherman Alexie |
Coyote Springs | Reservation Blues | An all-Indian rock and blues band of the Spokane tribe. | Sherman Alexie |
Esselen Girl | The Lariat | She was the first Esselen Indian to be converted by a Spanish Franciscan friar, Fray Luis. | Jaime de Angulo |
Hualala | The Lariat | The medicine man and the husband of the Esselen Girl. | Jaime de Angulo |
White Bull | Comanche: Story of America's Most Heroic Horse[1] | A 12-year-old Dakota Sioux boy who kindly treats the legendary Comanche whom his cousin Yellow Bull treats badly. | David Appel |
Little Bear | The Indian in the Cupboard | A small plastic figurine that magically comes to life in a cupboard. He also appeared in the following sequels: | Lynne Reid Banks |
Great Big Little Panther | Peter and Wendy | The big chief of the Native Americans, known as the "Redskins", of the Pickaninny tribe in the fictional island of Neverland. | J. M. Barrie |
Tiger Lily | Peter and Wendy | The tribal princess of the Redskins and the daughter of Great Big Little Panther. | J. M. Barrie |
Shining Pearl | Peter and the Secret of Rundoon | The daughter of Chief Fighting Prawn and the analog of Tiger Lily. | Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson |
Fighting Prawn | Peter and the Starcatchers | The chieftain of the fictional Mollusk Tribe. | Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson |
Cheyenne people | Little Big Man[6] |
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Thomas Berger |
Kicking Bird | Dances with Wolves[7] | The Sioux medicine man. | Michael Blake |
Stands-With-A-Fist | Dances with Wolves[7] | She is the adoptive daughter of Kicking Bird and the wife of Lieutenant John Dunbar (aka Dances-with-Wolves). | Michael Blake |
Chief Ten Bears | Dances with Wolves[7] | Michael Blake | |
Winds-In-His-Hair | Dances with Wolves[7] | A Sioux warrior. | Michael Blake |
Wolf | Tiger Eyes[8] | A mysterious native climber. | Judy Blume |
Running Dog | Black Fox[9] | Matt Braun | |
Zack Banning | Comanche Moon[10] | The son of the Comanche chief. | Virginia Brown |
Toriano | Adobe Walls[11] | The son of the Apache Chief. | W. R. Burnett |
Corby | Children of the Dust[12] | The Cheyenne boy. | Clancy Carlile |
Chingachgook | Leatherstocking Tales | The Mohican chief and the companion of Natty Bumppo. | James Fenimore Cooper |
Magua | Leatherstocking Tales | The Huron warrior and the main antagonist of the novel The Last of the Mohicans. | James Fenimore Cooper |
Uncas | Leatherstocking Tales | Chingachgook's son who was killed by Magua. | James Fenimore Cooper |
Hard Heart | The Prairie | A brave, trustworthy Pawnee warrior. | James Fenimore Cooper |
Chief Mahtoree | The Prairie | A crafty Teton Sioux chief. | James Fenimore Cooper |
Tachechana | The Prairie | The wife of Mahtoree. | James Fenimore Cooper |
Soft Rain | Soft Rain: A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears[13] | A young Cherokee girl who lives in the Tsalagi community of North Carolina with her parents and her younger brother, Hawk Boy. | Cornelia Cornelissen |
Salamanca Tree Hiddle | Walk Two Moons[14] | Sharon Creech | |
She-Who-Is-Alone | The Legend of the Bluebonnet[15] | A Comanche girl who has lost her parents. Based on the original Native American folklore, retold and illustrated by Tomie dePaola. (This was later adapted as the 2nd story of "Tales of the First People, Vol I: Spirit Tales" in 2016) | Tomie dePaola |
Morning Girl and Star Boy | Morning Girl[16] | The two Taíno siblings who recreate a life on the Bahamian island. | Michael Dorris |
Walnut/Sees-Behind-Trees | Sees Behind Trees[17] | Michael Dorris | |
Christine George Taylor | A Yellow Raft in Blue Water | She has been separated from her husband, Elgin Taylor. | Michael Dorris |
Aunt Ida George | A Yellow Raft in Blue Water | She is a legal mother of Christine. | Michael Dorris |
Rayona Diane Taylor | A Yellow Raft in Blue Water | The half-Native American daughter of Christine and Elgin and one of the main protagonists of the story. | Michael Dorris |
Cogewea | Cogewea, the Half-Blood: A Depiction of the Great Montana Cattle Range | She is the eponymous protagonist who is both Indigenous and Euro-American. | Mourning Dove |
Blue Back | Drums Along the Mohawk | A friendly Oneida man. | Walter D. Edmonds |
Celestine James | The Beet Queen[18] | The half-Native American who would become a best friend of Mary Adare. | Louise Erdrich |
Omakayas (aka Little Frog) |
The Birchbark House[19] | She is the main character of the story. She also appeared in the following sequels, The Game of Silence[20] and The Porcupine Year[21]. Omakayas has her family included in the story:
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Louise Erdrich |
Fleur Pillager | Four Souls | An Ojibwe woman and the main protagonist of the story. | Louise Erdrich |
LaRose Iron | LaRose | A Native American boy and the titular character of the story. | Louise Erdrich |
Landreaux and Emmaline Iron | LaRose | The parents of LaRose Iron. | Louise Erdrich |
Dusty Ravich | LaRose | The son of Peter and Nola Ravich and the best friend of LaRose Iron. He was only five years old when he was shot and killed accidentally by Landreaux Iron. | Louise Erdrich |
Father Damien Modeste | Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse | The priest of the Ojibwe people. | Louise Erdrich |
Marie Lazarre Kashpaw | Love Medicine | She is the wife of Nector Kashpaw. | Louise Erdrich |
Nector Kashpaw | Love Medicine | He is the son of Rushes Bear and Kashpaw; the husband of Marie Lazarre Kashpaw. | Louise Erdrich |
Evelina Harp | The Plaque of Doves[22] | The girl who is part Ojibwe and part white. | Louise Erdrich |
Mooshum | The Plague of Doves[22] | The grandfather of Evelina Harp. | Louise Erdrich |
Antone "Joe" Coutts | The Round House | The 13-year-old Ojibwe son of Geraldine and Bazil Coutts. | Louise Erdrich |
Laughing Boy | Laughing Boy | Oliver La Farge | |
Slim Girl | Laughing Boy | Oliver La Farge | |
Lotus | Mountain Man | A lone woman who is left alive after an Indian massacre. The historical novel that is a largely fictionalized retelling of the experiences of Liver-Eating Johnson, a real-life mountain man. | Vardis Fisher |
Tess | Soldier Sister, Fly Home[23] | A 13-year-old girl who is having a hard time understanding what it means to be part Navajo and part white; a sister of Gaby. A story that is inspired by the death of Lori Piestewa, illustrated by Shonto Begay. | Nancy Bo Flood |
Chief Bear | Thirteen Moons | The local chief of the Cherokee Nation. | Charles Frazier |
Featherstone | Thirteen Moons | Charles Frazier | |
Billie Wind | The Talking Earth[24] | A girl of the Seminole tribe who has to find the answers to believe the legends about the earth spirits and talking animals. | Jean Craighead George |
Apaches and Comanches | Savage Sam | A group of Indians who can abduct Travis and Arliss Coates and Lisbeth Searcy. | Fred Gipson |
Dark Water | An Undisturbed Peace[25] | The daughter of the powerful Cherokee chief and one of the main characters of the story. | Mary Glickman |
Crow Chief | Crow Chief: A Plains Indian Story[26] | Paul Goble | |
Falling Star | Crow Chief: A Plains Indian Story[26] | The savior. | Paul Goble |
Brave Indian Boy | The Gift of the Sacred Dog[27] | Paul Goble | |
Indian Girl | The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses | Paul Goble | |
Iktomi | Iktomi series[28] | The Plains Indian trickster and the titular protagonist of the story series. | Paul Goble |
Chief's Daughter | Star Boy[29] | Retold and illustrated by Paul Goble. | Paul Goble |
Star Boy | Star Boy[29] | The son of Morning Star and Evening Star and the titular character of the story. | Paul Goble |
Morning Plume | The Storm Maker's Tipi[30] | One of the two Blackfoot hunters. | Paul Goble |
Sacred Otter | The Storm Maker's Tipi[30] | The father of Morning Plume and one of the two Blackfoot hunters. | Paul Goble |
Nophaie | The Vanishing American[31] | A young Navajo and the main character of the story. | Zane Grey |
Blackfoot Chief | The Big Sky | The tribal chief of the Blackfeet and the late father of Teal Eye. | A. B. Guthrie, Jr. |
Teal Eye | The Big Sky | The Blackfoot princess and the wife of Boone Caudill. | A. B. Guthrie, Jr. |
Chief Heavy Runner | Fair Land, Fair Land | The Blackfoot chief. | A. B. Guthrie, Jr. |
Little Wing | Fair Land, Fair Land | The granddaughter of the Shoshone chief and the wife of Hezekiah Higgins. | A. B. Guthrie, Jr. |
Bernadette Manuelito | Leaphorn & Chee series[32] | The wife of Officer Jim Chee. She was formerly a federal Customs Patrol Officer and is now a Navajo Tribal Police Officer. | Tony Hillerman and Anne Hillerman |
Jim Chee | Leaphorn & Chee series[32] | One of the two Navajo Tribal Police Officers. | Tony Hillerman and Anne Hillerman |
Joe Leaphorn | Leaphorn & Chee series[32] | One of the two Navajo Tribal Police Officers and the "Legendary Lieutenant". | Tony Hillerman and Anne Hillerman |
Wusamequin | Spirited[33] | A young medicine man who alerts his warriors to capture Isabella Sevens and her father. A retelling of Beauty and the Beast and an homage to The Last of the Mohicans. | Nancy Holder |
Ezol Day | Miko Kings: An Indian Baseball Story[34] | A postal clerk in the Indian Territory. | LeAnne Howe |
Hope Little Leader | Miko Kings: An Indian Baseball Story[34] | A Choctaw pitcher for the fictitious team of the Miko Kings. | LeAnne Howe |
Buffalo Horn | Flaming Star[35] | He was a native hunter. | Clair Huffaker |
Pacer Burton | Flaming Star[35] | He is a half-breed, half Native American and half white. | Clair Huffaker |
Alessandro Assis | Ramona | A young native sheepherder. | Helen Hunt Jackson |
Ramona | Ramona | The title character who is a Scottish-Native American orphan girl, raised by Señora Gonzaga Moreno. | Helen Hunt Jackson |
Fish Hawk | Old Fish Hawk[36] | The last of the Osage Indians. | Mitchell F. Jayne |
Melissa Little Brid | The Cold Dish[37] | A local Indian girl. | Craig Johnson |
Henry Standing Bear | Walt Longmire series[38] | A Cheyenne man who is a friend of the series' titular protagonist, Sheriff Walt Longmire. | Craig Johnson |
John Morgan/Shunkawakan | A Man Called Horse | Although John Morgan was not born to the Sioux natives but to be a Boston aristocrat, he was at first being taken by those people until he later became a member of their tribe. His Native-American name Shunkawakan means "Horse" in the Sioux language for he was treated as a horse. | Dorothy M. Johnson |
Chief Yellow Hand | A Man Called Horse | He is the chief of the Sioux tribe. | Dorothy M. Johnson |
Inuit Girl | Mama, Do You Love Me?[39] | Illustrated by Barbara Lavallee. | Barbara M. Joosse |
Mama | Mama, Do You Love Me?[39] | The mother of an Inuit girl. | Barbara M. Joosse |
Bromden | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | A large yet docile half-Native American "chief" who is mute and deaf; the first person narrator of the story. | Ken Kesey |
Lum | Truth and Bright Water | The cousin of Tecumseh and the son of the tribal leader Franklin. | Thomas King |
Tecumseh | Truth and Bright Water | A 15-year-old Blackfoot boy of the Truth town in rural Montana and the first person narrator of the story; the son of Helen and Elvin and the nephew of Auntie Cassie. He is named after the famous Shawnee chief. | Thomas King |
Turtle | The Bean Trees; Pigs in Heaven[40] |
A three-year-old Cherokee girl who was adopted by Taylor Greer. | Barbara Kingsolver |
Chief Scar | The Searchers[41] | The tribal leader of the band of Comanches, known as Nawyecka. | Alan Le May |
A Frog Girl | Frog Girl[42] | Paul Owen Lewis | |
The Yeehats | The Call of the Wild | The Native American group. | Jack London |
Grey Beaver | White Fang | A Native American chief who is the first master of a wolfdog, White Fang. | Jack London |
Hiawatha | The Song of Hiawatha | An Ojibwe warrior and the titular protagonist of the 1855 epic poem. | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
Minnehaha | The Song of Hiawatha | She was a Dakota woman who was the lover of Hiawatha. | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
Mudjekeewis | The Song of Hiawatha | Loosely based on the Ojibwe mythological spirit of the same name. | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
Nokomis | The Song of Hiawatha | Hiawatha's grandmother who fell from the Moon. | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
Ruby and Mogie Yellow Lodge | Skins[43] | The Lakota Sioux brothers of the fictional Beaver Creek Indian Reservation. | Adrian C. Louis |
Pearce | Breakheart Pass | The Indian agent and lawman. | Alistair MacLean |
Rough-Faced Girl | The Rough-faced Girl[44] | An Algonquin girl who is disfigured but has to win over a mysterious man, the Invisible Being, to be his bride. A retelling folklore inspired by Cinderella, illustrated by David Shannon. | Rafe Martin |
Kimmy | Grandmother's Dreamcatcher[45] | Illustrated by Stacey Schuett. | Becky Ray McCain |
Chippewa Grandmother | Grandmother's Dreamcathcer[45] | The grandmother of Kimmy. | Becky Ray McCain |
Blue Duck | Lonesome Dove series | The leader of a band of renegade Indians and Caucasian bandits; the son of Chief Buffalo Hump. | Larry McMurtry |
Chief Buffalo Hump | Lonesome Dove series | The Comanche war-chief and the father of Blue Duck. Based on the real-life Buffalo Hump. | Larry McMurtry |
Kicking Wolf | Lonesome Dove series | The Comanche warrior and accomplished horse thief. | Larry McMurtry |
Catherine LaLoup Leon | The Surrounded | The daughter of the Salish chief, wife of Max Leon, and the mother of Archilde Leon. | D'Arcy McNickle |
Taha Aki | Twilight | He was one of the last spirit chiefs and the first shape-shifter of the Quileute tribe in La Push, Washington. | Stephenie Meyer |
Billy Black | Twilight | The elder of the Quileute tribe. | Stephenie Meyer |
Ephraim Black | Twilight | He was the last chief of the Quileute tribe and the great-grandfather of Jacob Black. | Stephenie Meyer |
Jacob Black | Twilight | An attractive protector of the Quileute tribe and the son of Billy Black. | Stephenie Meyer |
Harry Clearwater | Twilight | He was the elder of the Quileute tribe who died of a heart attack in New Moon. | Stephenie Meyer |
Leah Clearwater | Twilight | She is the daughter of Harry and Sue Clearwater, who is the only known female shape-shifting wolf in the history of the Quileute tribe. | Stephenie Meyer |
Seth Clearwater | Twilight | Leah's younger brother who transforms into a wolf around the same time as his sister. | Stephenie Meyer |
Sam Uley | Twilight | He is the Alpha, or the leader, and the oldest member of the La Push pack; the ex-boyfriend of Leah Clearwater. When he was young, Sam and his mother Allison had been abandoned by his father Joshua. | Stephenie Meyer |
Lame Beaver | Centennial | The Arapaho warrior and chieftain and one of the main characters of the story. | James A. Michener |
Abel | House Made of Dawn | The main character of the story. | N. Scott Momaday |
Moyo | Runaway Papoose | A young Navajo shepherd boy. Illustrated by Carl Moon. | Grace Moon |
Nah-tee | Runaway Papoose | A four-year-old Indian girl. | Grace Moon |
Azákia | Ouabi; Or the Virtues of Nature: An Indian Tale in Four Cantos | A woman of the Illinois Indian tribe. | Sarah Wentworth Morton |
Ouábi | Ouabi; Or the Virtues of Nature: An Indian Tale in Four Cantos | The husband of Azákia. | Sarah Wentworth Morton |
Karana/Won-a-pa-lei | Island of the Blue Dolphins[46] | Based upon a true story of Juana Maria. Karana is a sister of Ramo and Ulape and the main character of the story. | Scott O'Dell |
Bright Morning | Sing Down the Moon[47] | The girl of the Navajo tribe and the main character of the story. | Scott O'Dell |
Zia | Zia | She is the titular protagonist of the sequel to Island of the Blue Dolphins, the older sister of Mando and the niece of the late Karana; the mother of Rontu, Karana and young Mando. | Scott O'Dell |
Chief Spotted Wolf | Arrow in the Sun[48] | The legendary Cheyenne chieftain. | T. V. Olsen |
Blue | There There | The girl who lives in the area of Oakland, California. | Tommy Orange |
Calvin Johnson | There There | A young native man who owes drug money to his brother, Charles Johnson. | Tommy Orange |
Jacquie Red Feather | There There | A substance abuse counselor. | Tommy Orange |
Octavio Gomez | There There | A drug dealer and a cousin of Daniel Gonzales. | Tommy Orange |
Orvil Red Feather | There There | A Cheyenne teenage grandson of Jacquie Red Feather. | Tommy Orange |
Thomas Frank | There There | A Cheyenne drummer who worked formerly as a custodian at the Indian Center. | Tommy Orange |
Chief Showcase | Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down | The last surviving native in the fictional Yellow Back Radio region. | Ishmael Reed |
Me’ma | Me’ma and the Great Mountain | The indigenous girl of an oppressed village called Sunken Creek. | Lorin Morgan Richards |
Kimi | Blue Birds[49] | A girl from the Roanoke tribe who befriends with the English girl named Alis. | Caroline Starr Rose |
Elk | The Horsecatcher | An adolescent Cheyenne and the main character who wants to be a wild horse tamer; the son of Elk River, nephew of Owl Friend, and younger brother of Two Wolves. | Mari Sandoz |
Elk River | The Horsecatcher | The headman of the band of Southern Cheyenne people and the father of Two Wolves and Elk. | Mari Sandoz |
Buddy Red Bird | The Powwow Highway[50] | The member of the Cheyenne tribe in Lame Deer, Montana. | David Seals |
Moki | The Biography of a Grizzly[51] | A Cree Indian and one of the main characters of the story. | Ernest Thompson Seton |
Kwani | Kwani series[52] | An eponymous character who was born into the long extinct fictional Anasazi tribe. | Linda Lay Shuler |
Tayo | Ceremony | The Laguna Pueblo man and the central character of the story who is half-Pueblo and half-white. | Leslie Marmon Silko |
Attean | The Sign of the Beaver | He is the grandson of the Indian chief. | Elizabeth George Speare |
Rick | The Culled[53] | The main protagonist who belongs to the Haudenosaunee people. | Simon Spurrier |
Martha Tom | Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship & Freedom[54] | A young Choctaw girl who befriends with a slave and his son, Little Mo. | Tim Tingle |
Danny Blackgoat | Danny Blackgoat series[55] | A Navajo teenage boy and the titular protagonist of the book series. | Tim Tingle |
Rose Goode | House of Purple Cedar[56] | A Choctaw girl who escapes as twenty other native girls have died when the Choctaw community, Skullyville, has been destroyed; the granddaughter of Amafo and Pokoni. | Tim Tingle |
Isaac | How I Became a Ghost; When a Ghost Talks, Listen[57] |
A Choctaw boy who did not survived the Trail of Tears and ended up becoming a ghost. | Tim Tingle |
Sarah Nita | The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow | A Navajo girl, in part of the Dear America book series. | Ann Turner |
Injun Joe | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | The arch nemesis of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn and the main antagonist of the novel. | Mark Twain |
Fast Horse | Fools Crow | The son of Boss Ribs and a friend of Fools Crows. | James Welch |
Fools Crow/White Man's Dog | Fools Crow | The titular protagonist of the story; the son of Chief Rides-at-the-Door and Double Strike Woman. | James Welch |
Red Paint | Fools Crow | She is the wife of Fools Crow and the daughter of Heavy Shield Woman and Yellow Kidney, leader of the horse raid. | James Welch |
Running Fisher | Fools Crow | The brother of Fools Crow. | James Welch |
Charging Elk | The Heartsong of Charging Elk[58] | The Oglala Sioux man. | James Welch |
Virgil First Raise | Winter in the Blood | The main character and the first person narrator of the story. | James Welch |
Massai | Broncho Apache[59] | The last Apache warrior, based on the real-life Massai. | Paul Wellman |
Comics
Native American | Comic title | Notes |
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Big Chief Keen-eyed-Mole | The Adventures of Tintin | The sachem of the Blackfoot Indians. |
Akwas | Akwas | The titular character of the comic strip. |
Super-Chief Flying Stag | All-Star Western | The 15th-century Iroquois. |
Thomas Fireheart ("Puma") | The Amazing Spider-Man | He is a werecat of Native American descent. |
William Talltrees | Avengers | A man who is known as "Red Wolf" and is born in modern times in Wolf Point, Montana; the son of the Cheyenne tribal leader, Thomas Talltrees. |
Little Plum | The Beano | Little Plum-Stealing-Varmint |
Chini | Blueberry | Daughter of Chief Cochise. |
Chief Cochise | Blueberry | The chief of the Navajo tribe. |
Chinook | Buddy Longway | A young Sioux Native American woman who is married to a trapper, Buddy Longway. |
Jesse Black Crow | Captain America | |
Chief Medicine Crow | Cowboys & Aliens | The leader of the Apache Indians. |
Warhawk | Cowboys & Aliens | The Apache warrior. |
Geronimo Jr. ("G-Junior") | Cyborg 009 | Also known as Cyborg 005, he is a Native American who becomes the strongman of the 00 Cyborgs. A Japanese manga created by Shotaro Ishinomori. |
Echo | Daredevil | |
Wyatt Wingfoot | Fantastic Four | The member of the fictional Keewazi Indian reservation in Oklahoma and the supporting character. |
Wildrun | Fantastic Four Annual | He is known as the Red Wolf of the 19th century in the Wild West. |
Black Condor | Freedom Fighters | The team member of the Freedom Fighters. |
Charlie Iron-Knife ("Spirit") | G.I. Joe | He is the member and original tracker of the G.I. Joe Team who was born to the poor Native American family in the Taos Pueblo Reservation. |
John Proudstar ("Thunderbird") | Giant-Size X-Men | An Apache Indian and a Human Mutant who was a short-lived member of the X-Men. |
Young Raven | High Moon | The granddaughter of a legendary Native American character, Raven the Trickster; she is a Red Indian mystic and the lover of the African American outlaw, Eddie Conroy. |
Manitou Dawn and Manitou Raven | Justice League | The team members; Raven is a variant of the television character Apache Chief. |
Super-Chief Jon Standing Bear | Justice League | The team member of the Justice League of America. |
Equinox | Justice League United | The team member. |
Dawnstar | Legion of Super-Heroes | Her home planet of Starhaven was colonized by the Native Americans. |
Lonesome Polecat | Li'l Abner | |
Johnny Wakely | Marvel Spotlight | He was adopted by the white couple in the late 19th century. |
Jason Strongbow ("American Eagle") | Marvel Two-in-One | He is a member of the Navajo Nation who attempted to seize a mining company from excavating a mountain sacred to his tribe. |
James Jonathan Proudstar ("Warpath") | New Mutants | Also known as "Thunderbird", he is the younger brother of the late John Proudstar and the member of the New Mutants. |
Ompa-pa | Oumpah-pah | The native of the fictional Flatfeet tribe. |
Bunnokees | Popol Out West | The Native American rabbits. |
Wildstar | R.E.B.E.L.S. | The ancestor of Dawnstar. |
Little Beaver | Red Ryder | He is the juvenile Indian sidekick of the titular protagonist, Red Ryder. |
Thomas Thunderhead | Red Wolf | |
Dashiell "Dash" Bad Horse | Scalped | Also known as Dashiell Bradford, he is a full-blooded Oglala Lakota who left the fictional Prairie Rose Indian Reservation at age fifteen before his return with a vengeance. |
Dino Poor Bear | Scalped | A young man who struggles to make a living on the reservation and encounters Dash at a meth lab. |
Gina Bad Horse | Scalped | The estranged mother of Dash and a longtime activist who pushes for the rights of the Indians. |
Chief Lincoln Red Crow (aka John Rayfield Bustill) | Scalped | A bullish Lakota elder who is the President of the Oglala Tribal Council and the Sheriff of the Tribal Police. |
Minnie Ha-Cha | Steve Roper and Mike Nomad | She is the girlfriend of Chief Wahoo. |
Chief Wahoo | Steve Roper and Mike Nomad | He is one of the main characters of the comic strip. |
Super-Chief Saganowahna | Superman | The member of Supermen of America. |
Turok | Turok, Son of Stone[60] | A Native American warrior who first appeared in Four Color Comics. |
Ukala | Ukala | The titular protagonist of the comic strip. |
Forge | Uncanny X-Men | He is from the Cheyenne nation and the member of the X-Men. |
Bright-Sky-After-Storm ("Arak") | The Warlord | The son of Star-of-Dawn of the fictional Quontauka tribe. |
Ohiyesa "Pow Wow" Smith | Western Comics | The character who started in Detective Comics. |
Buffalo Seed | Yakari | A Sioux boy who dreams of becoming the greatest hunter. |
Rainbow | Yakari | A Sioux girl and a friend of Yakari. |
The-One-Who-Knows | Yakari | The chief and shaman of the Sioux tribe. |
Yakari | Yakari | The main title character who has the ability to talk with animals. |
Chief Zilverpijl/Silver Arrow | Zilverpijl | The eponymous character who is a resourceful and wise chief of the Kiowa; the blood brother of Falcon and Moonbeam. |
Theatre
Native American | Title | Notes |
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Lonesome Polecat | Li'l Abner | 1956 Broadway musical based on the comic trip of the same name. |
Metamora | Metamora; or, The Last of the Wampanoags | The member of the Wampanoags and the main protagonist of the 1829 play by John Augustus Stone. |
Nehmeokee | Metamora; or, The Last of the Wampanoags | The wife of Metamora. |
"Chief" Bromden | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | 1963 play by Dale Wasserman, based on Ken Kesey's novel of the same name. |
Chief Fighting Prawn | Peter and the Starcatcher | 2009 play based on the children's novel of the same name. |
Great Big Little Panther | Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up | The 1904 theatre play by J. M. Barrie prior to his novel Peter and Wendy in 1911. |
Tiger Lily | Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up | |
Film
Live action
Native American | Film title | Notes | Portrayed by |
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Galasko | Alone yet Not Alone | A strong Indian warrior. Based on the novel of the same name by Tracy Leininger Craven. | Ozzie Torres |
Hannawoa | Alone yet Not Alone | The brother of Galasko. | Tony Wade |
Sam Birdwater | Americathon | A billionaire leader of the natives. | Chief Dan George |
Massai | Apache | 1954 film that was based on the novel Broncho Apache by Paul Wellman. | Burt Lancaster |
Chief Victorio | Apache Drums | The tribal leader of the Mescalero Apaches. Based on the unpublished story Stand at Spanish Boot by Harry Brown. | N/A |
Chato | Apache Warrior | George Keymas | |
Chikisin | Apache Warrior | Dehl Berti | |
Katawan | Apache Warrior | Better known as "Apache Kid", he is the main protagonist of the film. | Keith Larsen |
Marteen | Apache Warrior | Rodolfo Acosta | |
Chief Nantan | Apache Warrior | John Miljan | |
Native American Chief | The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again | Nick Ramus | |
Chief Chattez | Arrowhead | The Apache chief. Based on the novel Adobe Walls by W. R. Burnett. | Frank de Kova |
Toriana | Arrowhead | The son of Chief Chattez and one of the main characters of the film. | Jack Palance |
Chief Tahlequah | Badman's Territory | Chief Thundercloud | |
Chief Red Horse | The Big Sky | Based on the novel of the same name by A. B. Guthrie, Jr. | Theodore Last Star (uncredited) |
Teal Eye | The Big Sky | The daughter of the Blackfoot chief. | Elizabeth Threatt |
Black Cloud | Black Cloud | A Navajo man and the titular character of the film. | Eddie Spears |
Sammi | Black Cloud | The girlfriend of Black Cloud. | Julia Jones |
Black Buffalo | The Black Dakotas | Jay Silverheels | |
War Cloud | The Black Dakotas | John War Eagle | |
Indian Chief | Blazing Saddles | The Yiddish-speaking Native American chief. | Mel Brooks (also the director of the film) |
Chief White Hand | Breakheart Pass | The tribal chief of the natives. Based on the novel of the same name by Alistair MacLean. | Eddie Little Sky |
Black Hawk | Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory | Chief Thundercloud | |
Running Deer | Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory | Rodd Redwing | |
Chief White Cloud | Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory | Chief Yowlachie | |
Aristotle Joseph | The Business of Fancydancing | The Spokane man of the Spokane Reservation in eastern Washington state. | Gene Tagaban |
Seymour Polatkin | The Business of Fancydancing | A gay Spokane poet and the main character. | Evan Adams |
Blackfoot People | Cattle Queen of Montana |
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Lance Fuller Anthony Caruso Rodd Redwing Yvette Dugay |
White Bull Legrew | Cold Pursuit | A Ute drug lord and the rival of Trevor "Viking" Calcote (Tom Bateman). The 2019 remake of the 2014 Norwegian film In Order of Disappearance. | Tom Jackson |
Blue Eagle | The Cowboy and the Indians | Frank Lackteen | |
Lakoma | The Cowboy and the Indians | Jay Silverheels | |
Chief Long Arrow | The Cowboy and the Indians | Chief Yowlachie | |
Lucy Broken Arm | The Cowboy and the Indians | Claudia Drake | |
Black Knife | Cowboys & Aliens | The Chiricahua Apache chief. Based on the graphic novel of the same name. | Raoul Trujillo |
Ben Logan | Crooked Arrows | The traditionalist Tribal Chairman and the father of Joe Logan. | Gil Birmingham |
Joe Logan | Crooked Arrows | The mixed-blood Native American who is also known as "Logan the Legend". | Brandon Routh |
Nadie Logan | Crooked Arrows | Chelsea Ricketts | |
Black Shawl | Dances with Wolves | 1990 film based on the famous novel of the same name by Michael Blake. | Tantoo Cardinal |
Kicking Bird | Dances with Wolves | The Sioux medicine man. | Graham Greene |
Otter | Dances with Wolves | Michael Spears | |
Smiles-A-Lot | Dances with Wolves | A Sioux youth. | Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse |
Stands-With-A-Fist | Dances with Wolves | The adoptive daughter of Kicking Bird. | Mary McDonnell |
Stone Calf | Dances with Wolves | Jimmy Herman | |
Chief Ten Bears | Dances with Wolves | Floyd Westerman | |
Wind-In-His-Hair | Dances with Wolves | A Sioux warrior. | Rodney A. Grant |
Worm | Dances with Wolves | Jason R. Lone Hill | |
Jim Chee | The Dark Wind | Based on the novel of the same name by Tony Hillerman. | Lou Diamond Phillips |
Joe Leaphorn | The Dark Wind | Fred Ward | |
Black Wolf | Daughter of Dawn | An 83-minute-long silent film. | Jack Sankadota |
Dawn | Daughter of Dawn | The daughter of the chief of Kiowa and the main character. | Esther LeBarre |
Kiowa Chief | Daughter of Dawn | Hunting Horse | |
Red Wing | Daughter of Dawn | This character is portrayed by a child of Comanche leader Quanah Parker. | Wanada Parker |
White Eagle | Daughter of Dawn | This character is portrayed by a son of Quanah Parker. | White Parker |
High Tree | Davy Crockett, Indian Scout | William Wilkerson | |
Red Hawk | Davy Crockett, Indian Scout | The innocent partner of Davy Crockett (George Montgomery). | Phillip Reed |
Sleeping Fox | Davy Crockett, Indian Scout | Chief Thundercloud | |
Nobody | Dead Man | A Native American who was forcibly raised by whites. | Gary Farmer |
Pete Chasing Horse | Dreamkeeper | A Lakota elder and a storyteller. | August Schellenberg |
Sam Chasing Horse | Dreamkeeper | The father of Shane Chasing Horse. | Gil Birmingham |
Shane Chasing Horse | Dreamkeeper | The 17-years-old Lakota grandson of Pete Chasing Horse. | Eddie Spears |
Blue Back | Drums Along the Mohawk | Based on the novel of the same name by Walter D. Edmonds. | Chief John Big Tree |
Santana | El Condor | The Apache chief. | Iron Eyes Cody |
Chief Grey Bear | End of the Trail | Basil F. Heath | |
Nurse St. Cloud | Ernest Goes to Camp | The granddaughter of Chief St. Cloud. | Victoria Racimo |
Old Indian 'Chief St. Cloud' | Ernest Goes to Camp | The Indian owner of Kamp Kikakee. | Iron Eyes Cody |
Eagle Feathers | Fighting Pioneers[61] | Chief Thundercloud | |
Wa-No-Na | Fighting Pioneers[61] | The daughter of the chief. | Ruth Mix |
Tall Eagle | Firewalker | Will Sampson | |
Fish Hawk | Fish Hawk | 1979 film based on the novel Old Fish Hawk by Mitchell F. Jayne. | Will Sampson |
Buffalo Horn | Flaming Star | Based on the novel of the same name by Clair Huffaker. | Rodolfo Acosta |
Pacer Burton | Flaming Star | He is a mixed-blood, son of the Kiowa woman and the Texan man. | Elvis Presley |
Yaqui | Four Guns to the Border | Jay Silverheels | |
Cora Smallhill | Four Sheets to the Wind | The mother of Cufe and Miri Smallhill. | Jeri Arredondo |
Cufe Smallhill | Four Sheets to the Wind | One of the main characters of the film. | Cody Lightning |
Frankie Smallhill | Four Sheets to the Wind | Richard Ray Whitman | |
Miri Smallhill | Four Sheets to the Wind | The sister of Cufe Smallhill. | Tamara Podemski |
Grey Bear | Frontier Fury | Stanley Brown (uncredited) | |
Aranjo | The Ghost Dance | The local Indian shaman. | Henry Bal |
Nahalla | The Ghost Dance | The evil spirit of a long-dead warrior who possesses Aranjo. | Henry Bal |
Grayeagle | Grayeagle | The man of the Cheyenne nation and the title character of the film. | Alex Cord |
Running Wolf | Grayeagle | The Cheyenne chief. | Paul Fix |
Scar | Grayeagle | A Shoshone warrior. | Jacob Daniels |
Standing Bear | Grayeagle | One of the main characters of the film. | Iron Eyes Cody |
Crow Chief | The Hallelujah Trail | The tribal chief of the Crow people. | Eddie Little Sky |
Chief Five Barrels | The Hallelujah Trail | One of the tribal Sioux chiefs. | Robert J. Wilke |
Chief Walks-Stooped-Over | The Hallelujah Trail | The second chief of the Sioux. | Martin Landau |
Sam Two Feathers | Harry and Tonto | Chief Dan George | |
Acacia and Oriole | Hex | The two daughters of the recently-deceased Native American shaman. | Hillarie Thompson and Tina Herazo |
Hiawatha | Hiawatha |
Based on the poem The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. |
Jesse Cornplanter (1913) Vince Edwards (1952) Frederick Warder (1984) Gary "Litefoot" Davis (1997) |
Minnehaha | Hiawatha | Soon-Goot (1913) Yvette Dugay (1952) Terry Diab (1984) Irene Bedard (1997) | |
Mudjekeewis | Hiawatha | Stuart Randall (1952) Russell Means (1997) | |
Nokomis | Hiawatha | Katherine Emery (1952) Yvonne Bryceland (1984) Sheila Tousey (1997) | |
Chief Megissogwon | Hiawatha | The leader of the Dakotah tribe and the father of Hiawatha. | Ian MacDonald |
Black Hawk | Hostiles | He is the son of the Cheyenne Chief Yellow Hawk. | Adam Beach |
Elk Woman | Hostiles | The wife of Black Hawk and the sister-in-law of Living Woman. | Q'orianka Kilcher |
Little Bear | Hostiles | He is the son of Black Hawk and Elk Woman. | Xavier Horsechief |
Living Woman | Hostiles | She is the sister of Black Hawk and the daughter of Yellow Hawk. | Tanaya Beatty |
Yellow Hawk | Hostiles | Cheyenne Chief Yellow Hawk, the sickly and imprisoned war-chief and one of the main characters of the film; the father of Black Hawk and Living Woman and the grandfather of Little Bear. | Wes Studi |
Chief Little Pain-in-the-Neck | Hurry, Charlie, Hurry | Janette Fern | |
Moaning Low | Hurry, Charlie, Hurry | Connie Montoya | |
Chief Poison Arrow | Hurry, Charlie, Hurry | Noble Johnson | |
Little Bear | The Indian in the Cupboard | 1995 film based on the children's novel of the same name. | Gary "Litefoot" Davis |
Chief Yellow Snake | The Indians Are Coming | 1930 serial film based on the book The Great West That Was by William "Buffalo Bill" Cody. | Chief Thunderbird (uncredited) |
Karana | Island of the Blue Dolphins | Based on the novel of the same name by Scott O'Dell. | Celia Kaye |
Ramo | Island of the Blue Dolphins | Karana's six-year-old brother. | Larry Domasin |
Chief Paint-His-shirt-Red | Jeremiah Johnson | The chief of the Crow tribe. 1972 film partly based on the life of the legendary mountain man John Jeremiah Johnson, recounted in the books Crow Killer: The Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson by Raymond W. Thorp and Robert Bunker and Mountain Man by Vardis Fisher. | Joaquín Martínez |
Chief Two-Tongues Lebreaux | Jeremiah Johnson | Richard Angarola | |
Johnny Firecloud | Johnny Firecloud[64] | The Vietnam War native and the titular protagonist of the film. | Victor Mohica |
Nenya | Johnny Firecloud[64] | The teacher on the reservation. | Sacheen Littlefeather |
Chatow | Jonathan of the Bears | Knifewing Segura | |
Shaya | Jonathan of the Bears | An Indian squaw. | Melody Robertson |
Chief Tawanka | Jonathan of the Bears | Floyd Westerman | |
Stanley Pike | Journey Through Rosebud | Eddie Little Sky | |
Attean | Keeping the Promise | The television film based on the children's novel The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare. | William Lightning |
Chief Saknis | Keeping the Promise | The grandfather of Attean. | Gordon Tootoosis |
Moki | King of the Grizzlies | 1970 film based on the novel The Biography of a Grizzly. | John Yesno |
Chingachgook | The Last of the Mohicans |
Based on the novel of the same name by James Fenimore Cooper. |
Theodore Lorch (1920) Robert Barrat (1936) Ned Romero (1977) Russell Means (1992) |
Magua | The Last of the Mohicans |
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Wallace Beery (1920) Bruce Cabot (1936) Robert Tessier (1977) Wes Studi (1992) |
Uncas | The Last of the Mohicans |
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Alan Roscoe (1920) Phillip Reed (1936) Don Shanks (1977) Eric Schweig (1992) |
Laughing Boy | Laughing Boy | The titular character of the film based on the novel of the same name by Oliver La Farge. | Ramon Novarro |
Slim Girl/Lily | Laughing Boy | The Indian maiden who was raised by whites. | Lupe Vélez |
Lonesome Polecat | Li'l Abner | 1940 film based on the comic strip of the same name. | Buster Keaton |
Burns-Red-in-the-Sun | Little Big Man | 1970 film based on the 1964 novel of the same name by Thomas Berger. | Steve Shemayne |
Little Horse | Little Big Man | Robert Little Star | |
Old Lodge Skins | Little Big Man | The good-hearted tribal leader of the Cheyenne nation. | Chief Dan George |
Shadow-That-Comes-in-Sight | Little Big Man | A Cheyenne brave. | Ruben Moreno |
Sunshine | Little Big Man | The daughter of Shadow-That-Comes-in-Sight. | Aimée Eccles |
Younger Bear | Little Big Man | Cal Bellini (adult) Steve Miranda (young) | |
Tonto | The Lone Ranger |
Based on the WXYZ radio and the television series of the same name. |
Chief Thundercloud (1938) Jay Silverheels (1952–58) Michael Horse (1981) Johnny Depp (2013) |
Angry Horse | The Lone Ranger (1956) | Michael Ansara | |
Chief Red Hawk | The Lone Ranger (1956) | Frank de Kova | |
Chief Big Bear | The Lone Ranger (2013) | The tribal leader of Comanche. | Saginaw Grant |
Chief Wannatoka | Love at Stake | Nick Ramus | |
Denali | The Magnificent Seven | An exiled Comanche warrior. | Jonathan Joss |
Red Harvest | The Magnificent Seven | The Comanche warrior who is the youngest of the Seven. | Martin Sensmeier |
John Morgan/Shunkawakan | A Man Called Horse; The Return of a Man Called Horse; Triumphs of a Man Called Horse |
He was originally an English aristocrat until he became the chieftain of the Sioux tribe. Based on the short story of the same name by Dorothy M. Johnson. | Richard Harris |
Batise | A Man Called Horse | He is a half-breed native whose mother was Sioux and father was French. | Jean Gascon |
Buffalo Cow Head | A Man Called Horse | An old squaw. | Judith Anderson |
Running Deer | A Man Called Horse | The lovely young sister of Chief Yellow Hand. | Corinna Tsopei |
Yellow Hand | A Man Called Horse | Chief Yellow Hand of the Sioux tribe. | Manu Tupou |
Chief Yellowstone | Massacre River | Iron Eyes Cody | |
Yellow Hawk | Masterson of Kansas | The peace-seeking Indian chief. | Jay Silverheels |
Chief Dan | Missionary Man | Richard Ray Whitman | |
J.J. | Missionary Man | The local Native American carpenter who is dead. Mention only. | N/A |
Junior | Missionary Man | The teenage nephew of the late J.J. | John D. Montoya |
Kiowa | Missionary Man | The 15-year-old sister of Junior. | Chelsea Ricketts |
Assistant Chief Lance | Missionary Man | Titos Menchaca | |
Nancy | Missionary Man | The mother of Kiowa and Junior and the sister of J.J. | Kateri Walker |
White Deer | Missionary Man | The father of J.J. and Nancy and the grandfather of Kiowa and Junior. | August Schellenberg |
Nightwolf | Mortal Kombat: Annihilation | Based on the Mortal Kombat video game series. | Gary "Litefoot" Davis |
Cross Otter | The Mountain Men | Cal Bellini | |
Heavy Eagle | The Mountain Men | The ruthless Blackfoot warrior. | Stephen Macht |
Chief Iron Belly | The Mountain Men | Victor Jory | |
Medicine Wolf | The Mountain Men | David Ackroyd | |
Running Moon | The Mountain Men | The wife of Heavy Eagle. | Victoria Racimo |
Black Cloud | My Pal, the King | Jim Thorpe | |
Ahbleza | The Mystic Warrior | The young brave of Mahto, the fictional Lakota-speaking tribe, and the main protagonist of the telefilm. | Robert Beltran (adult) Doug Toby (young) |
Heyatawin | The Mystic Warrior | Devon Ericson | |
Chief Olepi | The Mystic Warrior | The chief of the Mahto tribe and the father of Anbleza. | Nick Ramus |
Pesla | The Mystic Warrior | James Remar | |
Tonweya | The Mystic Warrior | Rion Hunter (adult) David Yanez (young) | |
Wanagi | The Mystic Warrior | The ancient seer of Mahto. | Ron Soble |
Navajo Joe | Navajo Joe | He is the solitary Navajo rider and the film's titular protagonist who opposes the group of bandits responsible for murdering his tribe. | Burt Reynolds |
Spotted Bear | The Nebraskan | Jay Silverheels | |
Wingfoot | The Nebraskan | One of the main characters of the film. | Maurice Jara |
Yellow Knife | The Nebraskan | Pat Hogan | |
Mike | Never Cry Wolf | He was adopted by Ootek and Woman. Based on the autobiography of the same name by Farley Mowat. | Samson Jorah |
Ootek | Never Cry Wolf | A traveling Inuit. | Zachary Ittimangnaq |
Aivaaq | On the Ice | One of the survived Iñupiat teenagers. | Frank Qutuq Irelan |
Qalli | On the Ice | One of the survived Iñupiat teenagers. | Josiah Patkotak |
"Chief" Bromden | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | 1975 film based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Ken Kesey. | Will Sampson |
Little Moonlight | The Outlaw Josey Wales | A young Navajo woman. Based on the Western novel The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales by Forrest Carter. | Geraldine Keams |
Lone Watie | The Outlaw Josey Wales | An elder Cherokee. | Chief Dan George |
Chief Iron Eyes | The Paleface | Iron Eyes Cody | |
Wapato | The Paleface | The medicine man. | Henry Brandon |
Chief Yellow Feather | The Paleface | Chief Yowlachie | |
Pathfinder | Pathfinder | The elder chief of the native tribe and the title character of the film. | Russell Means |
Starfire | Pathfinder | The daughter of the Pathfinder. | Moon Bloodgood |
Chief Great Big Little Panther | Peter Pan |
Based on the 1904 play Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up and the 1911 novel Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie. |
Jack Charles (2015) |
Tiger Lily | Peter Pan | Anna May Wong (1924) Carson Gray (2003, USA) Ray Garcia (2003, Indie) Rooney Mara (2015) | |
Blue Feather | The Phantom Rider | The native sidekick of the Phantom Rider. | George J. Lewis |
Phantom Rider | The Phantom Rider | He is a masquerade of the main protagonist, Dr. Jim Sterling. | Robert Kent |
Chief Yellow Wolf | The Phantom Rider | Chief Thundercloud | |
Taylor | Poltergeist II: The Other Side | The Native American shaman. | Will Sampson |
Buddy Red Bow | Powwow Highway | Based on the novel of the same name by David Seals. | A Martinez |
Eagle Feather | The Prairie | Based on the novel of the same name by James Fenimore Cooper. | Chief Thundercloud |
Running Deer | The Prairie | Jay Silverheels | |
Running Wolf | The Quick and the Dead | 1987 television film based on the novel of the same name by Louis L'Amour. | Larry Sellers |
Little Beaver | Red Ryder | Several film adaptions of the Western comic strip Red Ryder have been made throughout the 1940s. Here are some examples:
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Tommy Cook (1940) Robert Blake (1944–47) Don Reynolds (1949) |
Corn Blossom | Redskin | The sweetheart of Wing Foot. | Julie Carter (young woman) Lorraine Rivero (child) |
Navajo Jim | Redskin | Tully Marshall (adult) George Walker (teenager) | |
Wing Foot | Redskin | A young Navajo man and the main character of the film. | Richard Dix (adult) Philip Anderson (child) |
Chief White Cloud | Renegade Girl | Chief Thundercloud | |
Hank Storm | Renegades | Lou Diamond Phillips | |
Red Crow | Renegades | The father of Hank Storm. | Floyd Westerman |
Chief Red Cloud | Revolt at Fort Laramie | The tribal leader of the Great Sioux Nation. | Eddie Little Sky |
Honchwah | Revolution | Larry Sellers | |
Ongwata | Revolution | Graham Greene | |
Chief Eagle Feather | Romance of the West | Chief Thundercloud | |
Little Brown Jug | Romance of the West | Don Reynolds | |
Chief Grey Wolf | Rustlers of Red Dog | 1935 serial remake of The Indians Are Coming, based on the book The Great West That Was by William "Buffalo Bill" Cody. | Chief Thundercloud |
Chief Scarface | Rustlers of Red Dog | Jim Thorpe | |
Chief Longfeather | Santa Fe | Chief Thundercloud | |
Cajou | Saskatchewan | The Cree half-brother of Thomas O'Rourke (Alan Ladd). | Jay Silverheels |
Chief Dark Cloud | Saskatchewan | Anton Moreno | |
Spotted Eagle | Saskatchewan | Anthony Caruso | |
Jim Aherne Jr./Warbonnet | The Savage | He was raised by the Sioux natives. | Charlton Heston (adult) Orly Lindgren (child) |
Running Dog | The Savage | Don Porter | |
Chief Yellow Eagle | The Savage | The tribal chief of the Great Sioux Nation. | Ian MacDonald |
Apaches | Savage Sam |
Based on the children's novel of the same name. |
Dean Fredericks Pat Hogan Rodolfo Acosta Rafael Campos |
Chief Cicatriz (Scar) | The Searchers | The tribal chief of the Nawyecka band of the Comanches. Based on the 1954 novel of the same name by Alan Le May. | Henry Brandon |
Matuwir | Seven Cities of Gold | The son of the local chief. Based on the novel The Nine Days of Father Serra by Isabelle Gibson Ziegler. | Jeffrey Hunter |
Ula | Seven Cities of Gold | The sister of Matuwir and the daughter of the local chief. | Rita Moreno |
Falling Leaves | Shanghai Noon | Also referred to as the Indian Wife, she is the daughter of the Sioux chief, who has been accidentally engaged to Chon Wang (Jackie Chan). | Brandon Merrill |
Chief Pony-That-Walks | She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | One of the main characters of the film. | Chief John Big Tree |
Red Shirt | She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | Noble Johnson | |
Chief Sky Eagle | She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | Basil F. Heath | |
Chief Cyclone | Silly Billies | Chief Thunderbird | |
Trigger | Silly Billies | Ethan Laidlaw | |
Clifford Rainfather | Sioux City | The grandfather of Jesse Goldman. | Apesanahkwat |
Dawn Rainfeather | Sioux City | The biological mother of Jesse. | Tantoo Cardinal |
Jesse Rainfeather Goldman | Sioux City | A young Lakota Sioux who was adopted by a wealthy Jewish couple, Douglas (Adam Roarke) and Leah Goldman (Melinda Dillon). | Lou Diamond Phillips (also a director of the film) Ronny Quintanar, Jr. (young) |
Russell White | Sioux City | Gary Farmer | |
Mogie Yellow Lodge | Skins | Based on the novel of the same name by Adrian C. Louis. | Graham Greene |
Ruby Yellow Lodge | Skins | Eric Schweig | |
Gabriel Jimmyboy | Smith! | One of the main characters of the film. | Frank Ramírez |
Suzy Song | Smoke Signals | She is a friend of Thomas' late father. Based on the short story collection The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. | Irene Bedard |
Thomas Builds-the-Fire | Smoke Signals | One of the main characters of the film. | Evan Adams |
Victor Joseph | Smoke Signals | Adam Beach | |
Running Fox | Soldier Blue | Based on the novel Arrow in the Sun by T. V. Olsen. | Jorge Russek |
Spotted Wolf | Soldier Blue | The Cheyenne chief. | Jorge Rivero |
Mattotaupa | The Sons of Great Bear | The chief of the Bears clan of Oglala Lakotas. | Adolf Peter Hoffmann |
Tokei-ihto | The Sons of Great Bear | The war chieftain of the Bear Band and the main character of the film; the son of Mattotaupa. | Gojko Mitić |
Bloody Knife | Stolen Women: Captured Hearts | 1997 television film loosely based on the life of Anna Morgan who was captured by the Cheyenne Indians. | Apesanahkwat |
Cetan | Stolen Women: Captured Hearts | A young native who is half white from his father the soldier. | William Lightning |
Chief Luta | Stolen Women: Captured Hearts | Saginaw Grant | |
Tokalah | Stolen Women: Captured Hearts | The tribal leader of the band of Lakota Indians. | Michael Greyeyes |
T. Hawk | Street Fighter | 1994 film based on the video game series of the same name. | Gregg Rainwater |
Grandma Maisy Blue Legs | Thunderheart | One of the tribal elders. | Sarah Brave |
Grandpa Sam Reaches | Thunderheart | One of the tribal elders. | Ted Thin Elk |
Leo Fast Elk | Thunderheart | The tribal council of the Native Americans in South Dakota who was murdered. | Allan R. J. Joseph |
Maggie Eagle Bear | Thunderheart | The Indian schoolteacher and political activist. | Sheila Tousey |
Walter Crow Horse | Thunderheart | The Indian tribal police officer. | Graham Greene |
Wolf Ortiz | Tiger Eyes | A mysterious native climber. Based on the novel of the same name by Judy Blume. | Tatanka Means |
Injun Joe | Tom Sawyer |
Based on the novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. |
Frank Lanning (1918) Charles Stevens (1930) Victor Jory (1938) Kunu Hank (1973) Eric Schweig (1995) Kaloian Vodenicharov (2014) Stephen Lang (2015) |
Prairie Flower | Tonka | 1958 film based on the book Comanche: Story of America's Most Heroic Horse by David Appel. | Joy Page |
Chief Sitting Bull | Tonka | John War Eagle | |
Spotted Tail | Tonka | Eddie Little Sky | |
Strong Bear | Tonka | Rafael Campos | |
White Bull | Tonka | A young Sioux and the main character of the film. | Sal Mineo |
Yellow Bear | Tonka | The Sioux cousin of White Bull. | H. M. Wynant |
Taha Aki | The Twilight Saga | He was one of the last spirit chiefs and the first shape-shifter of the Quileute tribe. Based on the Twilight novels by Stephenie Meyer. | Byron Chief-Moon |
Billy Black | The Twilight Saga | The elder of the Quileute tribe. | Gil Birmingham |
Jacob Black | The Twilight Saga | An attractive protector of the Quileute tribe and the main character of the film series. | Taylor Lautner |
Harry Clearwater | The Twilight Saga | He was the elder of the Quileute tribe who died of a heart attack in New Moon. | Graham Greene |
Leah Clearwater | The Twilight Saga | She is the daughter of Harry and Sue Clearwater, who is the only known female shape-shifting wolf in the history of the Quileute tribe. | Julia Jones |
Seth Clearwater | The Twilight Saga | Leah's younger brother who transforms into a wolf around the same time as his sister. | Boo Boo Stewart |
Sam Uley | The Twilight Saga | He is the Alpha, or the leader, and the oldest member of the La Push pack; the ex-boyfriend of Leah Clearwater. When he was young, Sam and his mother Allison had been abandoned by his father Joshua. | Chaske Spencer |
Guyasuta | Unconquered | Chief Guyasuta of the Senecas. Based on the real-life Guyasuta. | Boris Karloff |
Hannah | Unconquered | The daughter of Chief Guyasuta and the wife of Martin Garth (Howard Da Silva). | Katherine DeMille |
Pontiac | Unconquered | Based on the real-life Pontiac. | Robert Warwick (uncredited) |
Red Corn | Unconquered | Iron Eyes Cody | |
Sioto | Unconquered | The tribal medicine man. | Marc Lawrence |
Blandy | The Vanishing American | He was raised by the Navajos. Based on the 1925 novel of the same name by Zane Grey. | Scott Brady |
The Navajos | The Vanishing American |
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Julian Rivero Gloria Castillo Jay Silverheels Charles Stevens George Keymas |
Chief | Wagons East | The unnamed tribal leader of the Sioux territory. | Russell Means |
Little Feather | Wagons East | Rodney A. Grant | |
Chief Maygro | War Arrow | The tribal chief of the Seminole tribe. | Henry Brandon |
Pino | War Arrow | Dennis Weaver | |
Santanta | War Arrow | Jay Silverheels | |
Hannoc | When the Redskins Rode | The Indian prince of the Delaware tribe and the main protagonist of the film. | Jon Hall |
Morna | When the Redskins Rode | The intended bride of Hannoc. | Sherry Moreland |
Chief Shingiss | When the Redskins Rode | The leader of the Delaware tribe and the father of Hannoc. | Pedro de Cordoba |
Grey Beaver | White Fang | 1991 film based on the novel of the same name. | Pius Savage |
Katrin Joseph | White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf | The aunt of Lily Joseph and the wife of Chief Moses. A 1994 sequel to the White Fang film. | Victoria Racimo |
Lily Joseph | White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf | The Haida princess and one of the main characters of the film. | Charmaine Craig |
Moses Joseph | White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf | The chief of the Haidas and the uncle of Lily. | Al Harrington |
Peter Joseph | White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf | The son of Chief Moses and Katrin; the cousin of Lily. | Anthony Ruivivar |
American Horse | White Feather | The Cheyenne tribesman. Based on the story My Great-Aunt Appearing Day in Lilliput magazine by John Prebble. | Hugh O'Brian |
Appearing Day | White Feather | The fiancée of American Horse and the love interest of Josh Tanner (Robert Wagner). | Debra Paget |
Chief Broken Hand | White Feather | The chief of Cheyenne. | Eduard Franz |
Little Dog | White Feather | The brother of Appearing Day. | Jeffrey Hunter |
Buckskin Frank | Wild West Days | The Indian who is one of the henchmen of the main antagonist, Matt Keeler (Russell Simpson). The film serial based on the novel by W. R. Burnett. | Charles Stevens |
Chief Red Hatchet | Wild West Days | The tribal chief who is one of Matt Keeler's henchmen. | Chief Thunderbird |
Jim Thorpe | Windrunner[66] | A native football star who is a ghost. | Russell Means |
Crow Brother | Windwalker | Nick Ramus | |
Smiling Wolf | Windwalker | One of the main characters of the film. | Nick Ramus |
Tashina | Windwalker | The wife of Windwalker and the mother of Smiling Wolf and the Crow Warrior. | Serene Hedin |
Windwalker | Windwalker | The titular character who is the father of Smiling Wolf and the Crow Warrior. | Trevor Howard (adult) James Remar (young) |
Agnes First Raise | Winter in the Blood | 2013 film produced by the author Sherman Alexie, based on the 1974 novel of the same name by James Welch. | Julia Jones |
Lame Bull | Winter in the Blood | Gary Farmer | |
Virgil First Raise | Winter in the Blood | The main character of the film. | Chaske Spencer |
Yellow Calf | Winter in the Blood | Saginaw Grant | |
Pale Flower | Winterhawk | The Indian wife of the trapper, Guthrie (Leif Erickson). | Sacheen Littlefeather |
Winterhawk | Winterhawk | The Blackfoot chief and the title character of the film. | Michael Dante |
Animation
Native American | Film title | Notes | Voiced by |
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Indian Mice | An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | The people of the Native American mice tribe. | various |
Cholena | An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island | The Lenape princess and the daughter of Chief Wulisso; the main character of the film. She is a parody of Pocahontas. | Elaine Bilstad (speaking) Leeza Miller (singing) |
Tankho | An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island | The buxom handmaiden of Cholena and a minor character of the film. | |
Chief Wulisso | An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island | The leader of the underground Lenape Native American mice village. | David Carradine |
Hunter | Anima[67] | An unnamed Native American hunter and warrior who searches for his prey. | José Vicente |
Chief | Asterix Conquers America | Sylvain Lemarie | |
Medicine Man | Asterix Conquers America | Thomas Piper | |
Minihooha/Ha-Tschi | Asterix Conquers America | The daughter of the chief. | Kristiane Backer |
Chakashi | Atlantis: Milo's Return | A Native American wind spirit. | Floyd Westerman |
Dr. Joshua Strongbear Sweet | Atlantis: The Lost Empire; Atlantis: Milo's Return |
He is the medic of Native American and African American descent. | Phil Morris |
Denahi | Brother Bear | He is the middle brother of Kenai and the late Sitka and the narrator of the film. | Jason Raize (young) Harold Gould (older) |
Kenai | Brother Bear; Brother Bear 2 |
The main protagonist who gets turned into a bear as punishment. | Joaquin Phoenix (original) Patrick Dempsey (sequel) |
Sitka | Brother Bear | Denahi and Kenai's older brother who got killed by a bear but has become one of the spirits of the animals. | D. B. Sweeney |
Tanana | Brother Bear | The shaman-woman of Kenai's tribe. | Joan Copeland |
Atka | Brother Bear 2 | A man who lives in the neighboring Inuit village and the former fiancé of Nita. | Jeff Bennett |
Chief Chilkoot | Brother Bear 2 | He is the chief of the Inuit tribe. | Jim Cummings |
Nita | Brother Bear 2 | She is the daughter of Chief Chilkoot and the niece of Siqniq and Taqqiq; the wife of Kenai. | Mandy Moore |
Siqniq and Taqqig | Brother Bear 2 | Nita's two aunts and Chilkoot's sisters or sisters-in-law. | Wendie Malick and Kathy Najimy |
Daisy June | The Daffy Duckaroo | An Indian girl who is actually a New Yorker. The 1942 Looney Tunes short film starring Daffy Duck. | Sara Berner |
Little Beaver | The Daffy Duckaroo | A hulking Indian boyfriend of Daisy June. | Mel Blanc |
Chief | The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound | An unnamed tribal leader of the Native American yellow coonhounds. | Frank Welker |
Chieftess | The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound | B. J. Ward | |
Desert Flower | The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound | She is the daughter of the Chief and the love interest, and later wife, of Huckleberry Hound. | B. J. Ward |
Indian Fleas | A Horse Fly Fleas | A group of the Native American fleas that inhabit the dog. The 1947 Looney Tunes short film featuring A. Flea. | |
Hiawatha | Little Hiawatha | An animated short film produced by Walt Disney, inspired by The Song of Hiawatha poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. | N/A |
Big Chief | Peter Pan | The Disney animated film based on J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan; or, the Boy who Wouldn't Grow Up. | Candy Candido |
Squaw | Peter Pan | June Foray | |
Tiger Lily | Peter Pan | The daughter of the Big Chief and the Redskin princess. | N/A |
Kekata | Pocahontas | The shaman of the Powhatan tribe. | Gordon Tootoosis (speaking) Jim Cummings (singing) |
Kocoum | Pocahontas | A strong and brave warrior of the Powhatan tribe. Loosely based on the real-life Kocoum. | James Apaumut Fall |
Nakoma | Pocahontas; Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World |
She is the best friend of Pocahontas. | Michelle St. John |
Pocahontas | Pocahontas; Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World |
Loosely based on the real-life Pocahontas. This titular protagonist serves as an adventurous Indian princess of the Powhatan tribe, which is why she is considered to be included for the Disney Princess franchise to the English.[68] | Irene Bedard (speaking) Judy Kuhn (singing) |
Chief Powhatan | Pocahontas; Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World |
The father of Pocahontas and the leader of the Powhatan tribe. Based on the real-life Powhatan. | Russell Means (speaking) Jim Cummings (singing) |
Uttamatomakkin ("Uti") | Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World | Pocahontas's bodyguard. Based upon the real-life Uttamatomakkin (Tomocomo). | Brad Garrett (briefly) |
Little Creek | Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron | A young Lakota man and one of the main characters of the film. | Daniel Studi |
Injurin' Joe | Tom Sawyer | An American black bear and the antagonist of the direct-to-video film based on the novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. | Hank Williams Jr. Kevin Michael Richardson |
Chief Rain-In-The-P-P-Puss | Tom Tom Tomcat | The leader of the Native American bicolor cats. The 1953 short film starring Tweety and Sylvester. | Mel Blanc |
Andar | Turok: Son of Stone | 2008 animated film based on the comic books of the same name by Western Publishing and Dell Comics. | Adam Gifford |
Catori | Turok: Son of Stone | She is the mother of Ander and the sister-of-law of Turok. | Irene Bedard (adult) Iyari Limon (teenager) |
Chichak | Turok: Son of Stone | The main antagonist of the film. | Robert Knepper |
Nashoba | Turok: Son of Stone | He is the brother Turok, the father of Ander and the husband of Catori. | Gil Birmingham (adult) Matthew Yang King (teenager) |
Turok | Turok: Son of Stone | The main protagonist of the film. | Adam Beach (adult) Rick Mora (teenager) |
Injun Joe | Wagon Heels | The Native American "Super Chief" whose name is a play on the Santa Fe train run of the same name and shares the same name with the main antagonist from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. The 1945 Merrie Melodies short film starring Porky Pig. | Mel Blanc |
Says Nothing | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | A Native American toon bullet who has been used for Eddie Valiant's (Bob Hoskins) revolver gun. 1988 animated/live-action hybrid film based on the 1981 novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit? by Gary K. Wolf. | N/A |
Television
Live action series
Native American | Series title | Notes | Portrayed by |
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Alexander "Alex" Longshadow | Banshee | He is the tribal chief and the rival of Kai Proctor (Ulrich Thomsen). | Anthony Ruivivar |
Deputy Bill Raven | Banshee | He was formerly the officer of the fictional Kinaho Reservastion Police Department who becomes a deputy of Banshee. | Chaske Spencer |
Running Dog | Black Fox | Three-part miniseries that aired on CBS, based on the novel of the same name by Matt Braun. | Raoul Trujillo |
Black Thunder | By Way of the Stars | 1992 miniseries based on the German children's novel The Long Journey of Lukas B. by Willi Fährmann. | Eric Schweig |
Cree Chief | By Way of the Stars | The unnamed chief of the Cree tribe. | Gordon Tootoosis |
Blue Leaf | Centennial | 1978 miniseries with 12 episodes that aired on NBC. Based on the novel of the same name by James A. Michener. | Maria Potts Monika Ramirez (teenager) Maria Yolanda Aguayo (child) |
Clay Basket | Centennial | The beautiful daughter of Lame Beaver and the wife of Pasquinel; the mother of Jacques and Marcel Pasquinel and Lucinda McKeag. | Barbara Carrera |
Lame Beaver | Centennial | The Arapaho man and the main character of the miniseries. | Michael Ansara David Yanez (child) |
Chief Lost Eagle | Centennial | The tribal chief of the Arapaho. | Nick Ramus |
Chief Walks-The-Clouds | Children of the Dust | The 1995 miniseries based on the novel of the same name by Clancy Carlile. | Byron Chief-Moon |
White Wolf/Corby White | Children of the Dust | A young man who was raised by whites. | Billy Wirth |
Mingo | Daniel Boone | An Oxford-educated half-British Native American and the companion of Daniel Boone (Fess Parker). | Ed Ames |
Black Wing | Death Valley Days | The chief of the Ute tribe, in the episode "A Key for the Fort". | George Keymas |
Chief Black Kettle | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | Based on the real-life Black Kettle. | Nick Ramus |
Byron Sully | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | A Cheyenne man and the main character of the series. | Joe Lando |
Cloud Dancing | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | Larry Sellers | |
Crazy Cat | F Troop | The heir apparent of the fictional Hekawi tribe. | Don Diamond |
Chief Wild Eagle | F Troop | The leader of the Hekawi tribe. | Frank de Kova |
Ohanzee "Hanzee" Dent | Fargo | The mysterious Native American tracker and hitman for the Gerhardt crime family. | Mark Acheson (Season 1) Zahn McClarnon (Season 2) |
Danny Lightfoot | Hey Dude | A Hopi Native American and one of the main characters of the series. | Joe Torres |
Satangkai | How the West Was Won | The chief of the Sioux Nation. | Ricardo Montalban (guest) |
Chief Featherman | Howdy Doody | marionette | |
Princess SummerFallWinterSpring | Howdy Doody | She is a member of the fictional Tinka Tonka tribe. | marionette Judy Tyler Linda Marsh (briefly) |
Chief Thunderthud | Howdy Doody | The head of the fictional Ooragnak ("Kangaroo" spelled backwards) tribe. | Bill Le Cornec marionette |
Dr. Gabrielle Whitecloud | The Incredible Hulk | She helps Dr. David Banner (Bill Bixby) research a possible Hulk from the distant past. Season 2, Episode 19: Kindred Spirits | Kim Cattrall (guest) |
Lone Wolf | The Incredible Hulk | Elder of Native American tribe. Season 2, Episode 19: Kindred Spirits | Chief Dan George (guest) |
Rick | The Incredible Hulk | Native American who tries to stop Dr. Banner and Dr. Whitecloud from taking ruins. Season 2, Episode 19: Kindred Spirits | A Martinez (guest) |
Thomas Logan | The Incredible Hulk | Dr. David Banner contacts Logan who created an herbal medicine with a calming effect in an attempt to control the Hulk transformation. Season 2, Episode 4: Rainbow's End | Ned Romero (guest) |
Dog Star | Into the West | The older brother of Loved-by-the-Buffalo and Thunder Heart Woman. | Pony Boy Osuniga Michael Spears Gil Birmingham |
Growling Bear | Into the West | The elder Lakota medicine man. | Gordon Tootoosis |
Loved-by-the-Buffalo/White Feather | Into the West | One of the main characters of the miniseries. | Chevez Ezaneh Simon R. Baker George Leach Steve Reevis Joseph M. Marshall III |
Margaret Light Shines Wheeler | Into the West | The Native wife of the British photographer, Ethan Biggs (Daniel Gillies), and the daughter of the wheelwright, Jacob Wheeler (Matthew Settle), and Thunder Heart Woman. | Chantry Bruised Head Summer Rae Birdyellowhead Sage Galesi Irene Bedard |
Prairie Fire | Into the West | A Cheyenne chief. | Jay Tavare |
Running Fox | Into the West | The older brother of Loved-by-the-Buffalo and Thunder Heart Woman. | Mathew Strongeagle Zahn McClarnon Russell Means |
Red Lance | Into the West | Running Fox's grandson. | Malachi Tsoodle-Nelson Eddie Spears |
Sleeping Bear | Into the West | The surviving son of Dog Star and nephew of Loved-by-the-Buffalo, Thunder Heart Woman and Running Fox. | Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse |
Thunder Heart Woman | Into the West | The sister of Loved-by-the-Buffalo, Running Fox and Dog Star; the wife of the trapper, Thomas Lebeck (Scott Heindl), and Jacob Wheeler (John Terry). | Sarah Weston Tonantzin Carmelo Sheila Tousey |
Voices That Carry | Into the West | Red Lance's younger brother and the second grandson of Running Fox. | Nakotah LaRance Chaske Spencer |
Chacrow | Jamestown | He is the Native American go-between the settlers and the Pamunkey tribespeople. | Kalani Queypo |
Opchanacanough | Jamestown | The chief, or king, of the Pamunkey Tribe. Based on the real-life Opchanacanough. | Raoul Trujillo |
Winganuske | Jamestown | Chacrow's sister who is married to Henry Sharrow (Max Beesley) as a gift. | Rachel Colwell |
Nakoma | The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams | Native American friend of Adams (Dan Haggerty) and Mad Jack (Denver Pyle). | Don Shanks (series regular) |
Chief Jack Lame Horse | Little House on the Prairie | A Native American who saves Charles Ingalls (Michael Landon) from freezing to death. Season 1, Episode 22: Survival | Robert Tessier (guest) |
Tonto | The Lone Ranger | He is the Native American companion of the Lone Ranger (Clayton Moore) himself. | Jay Silverheels |
Blue Duck | Lonesome Dove miniseries |
Based on the novel series of the same name by Larry McMurtry. |
Frederic Forrest (1989) Adam Beach (2008) |
Chief Buffalo Hump | Lonesome Dove miniseries |
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Eric Schweig (1996) Wes Studi (2008) |
Famous Shoes | Lonesome Dove miniseries | The Kickapoo tracker.
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Wes Studi (1995) David Midthunder (2008) |
Kicking Wolf | Lonesome Dove miniseries |
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Jonathan Joss |
Hector | Longmire | An Cheyenne ex-boxer. Based on the Walt Longmire mystery novels by Craig Johnson. | Jeffrey De Serrano |
Henry Standing Bear | Longmire | The main character of the series. | Lou Diamond Phillips |
Jacob Nighthorse | Longmire | A local Cheyenne businessman and the antagonist of the series. | A Martinez |
Mandy | Longmire | A young Cheyenne woman who is hired to assist in the legal-aid office on the Cheyenne reservation. | Tamara Duarte |
Chief Mathias | Longmire | The head of the Cheyenne reservation's tribal police. | Zahn McClarnon |
May Still Water | Longmire | A Cheyenne woman. | Irene Bedard |
Sam Poteet | Longmire | A Cheyenne White warrior and sage. | Hank Cheyne |
Aaya | Neverland | The daughter of the Kaw Chief. The 2011 Syfy/Sky Movies miniseries that serves as a prequal story of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan. | Q'orianka Kilcher |
Kaw Chief | Neverland | The leader of the Kaw tribe. | George Aguilar |
Dave the Cook | Northern Exposure | He is the cheerful Native American cook of the Brick who has been replaced by Eugene as a new cook. | William J. White |
Ed Chigliak | Northern Exposure | A mild-mannered half-Native Alaskan who was raised by the Tlingits when he was a foundling child. | Darren E. Burrows |
Leonard Quinhagak | Northern Exposure | The cousin of Marilyn Whirlwind and the mentor of Ed Chigliak; a native medicine man. | Graham Greene |
Lester Haines | Northern Exposure | As a Haida, Lester is the first native to crack top five wealthiest men in the interior; he is also the fourth wealthiest. | Apesanahkwat |
Marilyn Whirlwind | Northern Exposure | The Native Alaskan receptionist of the series' central character, Dr. Joel Fleischman (Rob Morrow). | Elaine Miles |
One-Who-Waits | Northern Exposure | The ghost of a long-dead chief from the Native American Bear clan and the spirit guide of Ed Chigliak. | Floyd Westerman |
Tiger Lily | Once Upon a Time | Tiger Lily is a fairy, in this incarnation, who has to remove her status and relocate in Neverland after being tricked by the Black Fairy (aka Fiona) into banishing all children to the Land Without Magic. | Sara Tomko |
Chief Black Cloud | Paradise | The tribal chief in the episode "The Burial Ground". | Nick Ramus |
John Taylor | Paradise | The Native American medicine man and a close friend of Ethan Allen Cord (Lee Horsley). | Dehl Berti |
Chief Ken Hotate | Parks and Recreation | The leader of the fictitious, local Wamapoke tribe in the fictional town of Pawnee, Indiana. | Jonathan Joss |
William "Billy" Twofeathers | Shining Time Station | He is the Native American railroad engineer on the fictitious Indian Valley Railroad. Billy also appeared in the film Thomas and the Magic Railroad (featuring Thomas the Tank Engine), portrayed by Russell Means. | Tom Jackson |
Charges the Enemy | The Son | Tatanka Means | |
Prairie Flower | The Son | Elizabeth Frances | |
Toshaway | The Son | The Comanche tribal chief. | Zahn McClarnon |
Anthwara | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Leader of Native American colony on Cardassian owned planet of Dorvan V. Season 7, Episode 20: Journey's End | Ned Romero (Guest) |
Lakanta | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Native American colonist on Cardassian owned planet Dorvan V. He later revealed to be The Traveler (Eric Menyuk). Season 7, Episode 20: Journey's End | Tom Jackson (guest) |
Goro | Star Trek: The Original Series | He is the chief of the indigenous tribe (modeled on Native Americans) on the fictional planet Amerind, half a galaxy away from Earth, in the episode "The Paradise Syndrome". | Richard Hale |
Miramanee | Star Trek: The Original Series | She is the tribal priestess of the planet Amerind and the daughter of Chief Goro. In the episode "The Paradise Syndrome", Miramanee was under influence of the belief that Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner), who had a suffered amnesia, was a god by the name of "Kirok" whom her tribespeople hailed as. She was also married to Kirk, who said that he would stay at the tribe with her until her death. | Sabrina Scharf |
Salish | Star Trek: The Original Series | He is the medicine chief among the tribe of his people, in the episode "The Paradise Syndrome". After when Captain Kirk (aka Kirok) used mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to revive the tribal child and has been accepted by the elders as their god, Salish lost his position as a medicine chief. He even lost Miramanee, whom he was bound to marry, as she rejected him for Kirk. | Rudy Solari |
Commander Chakotay | Star Trek: Voyager | First Officer aboard the starship USS Voyager. He was formerly a member of the Maquis resistance. | Robert Beltran |
Cherokee Lawshe | True Women | She is half Creek. The CBS miniseries based on the novel by Janice Woods Windle. | Julie Carmen |
Tarantula | True Women | The Comanche warrior. | Michael Greyeyes |
Deputy Tommy "Hawk" Hill | Twin Peaks | The Native American who works at the Twin Peaks sheriff's department under Sheriff Harry S. Truman (Michael Ontkean). | Michael Horse |
Raymond Firewalker | Walker, Texas Ranger | The paternal uncle of the protagonist, Cordell Walker (Chuck Norris) whom he raised after parents were killed. | Floyd Westerman (Season 1) Apesanahkwat (Season 2) |
Akecheta | Westworld | The host and elder of the Ghost Nation and a recurring character of the series based on the 1973 film of the same name. | Zahn McClarnon |
Etu | Westworld | One of the members of the Ghost Nation. | Booboo Stewart |
Kohana | Westworld | The wife of Akecheta. | Julia Jones |
Wichapi | Westworld | One of the members of the Ghost Nation. | Irene Bedard |
Pahoo-Ka-Ta-Wah | Yancy Derringer | He is the silent shotgun-toting Pawnee Indian who communicates only by sign language; the sidekick of the titular protagonist, Yancy Derringer (Jock Mahoney). | X Brands |
Buck Cross/Running Buck | The Young Riders | The half-Kiowa who is a close friend of Ike McSwain (Travis Fine). | Gregg Rainwater |
Animated series
Native American | Series title | Notes | Voiced by |
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Injun Joe | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | A Japanese anime television series based on Mark Twain's famous novel of the same name. | Eiji Kanie Kenji Utsumi |
Glen Smith | American Dad! | He is the seldom-speaking son of Rusty and Sooleawa'Uha Smith and the nephew of Stan and Francine Smith. | Danny Cistone |
Rusty Smith | American Dad! | He is the Native American half-brother of Stan Smith and brother-in-law of Francine Smith; the son of Jack Smith and a Cherokee woman. | Lou Diamond Phillips |
Sooleawa'Uha Smith | American Dad! | Rusty's Native American wife who lives in Arizona with him and their son Glen. | Tonantzin Carmelo |
Kai Green | Ben 10 | She is a Navajo girl who is one of the first love interests of Ben Tennyson. | Bettina Bush |
Wes Green | Ben 10 | The grandfather of Kai Green and the retired Plumber operative. | Miguel Nájera |
Marshall BraveStarr | BraveStarr | He is the eponymous protagonist of the series. He also appeared in an animated film BraveStarr: The Movie. | Pat Fraley |
Great Big Little Panther | Fox's Peter Pan & the Pirates | An animated television series that aired on Fox, based on the Peter Pan story by J. M. Barrie. | Michael Wise |
Hard-to-Hit | Fox's Peter Pan & the Pirates | The younger brother of Tiger Lily and the son of Great Big Little Panther; the prince of the Native American tribe. | Aaron Lohr |
Tiger Lily | Fox's Peter Pan & the Pirates | Cree Summer | |
Broken Feather | The Funny Company | Tom Thomas | |
Super Chief | The Funny Company | Named after the crack passenger train in the Santa Fe Railroad. | N/A |
Spirit | G.I. Joe | Spirit, the native from the Taos Pueblo Reservation in Taos, New Mexico, appears in the following animated series:
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Gregg Berger (1985) Maurice LaMarche (1989) Marc Thompson (2005) |
Coyote | Gargoyles | A Native American trickster spirit. Based on the mythology of the same name. | Gregg Rainwater |
Elisa Maza | Gargoyles | Elisa, the NYPD detective, is half Native American on her father's side. | Salli Richardson |
Natsilane ("Nick") | Gargoyles | A Native American young man of the Pacific Northwest. Inspired by the Haida and Tlingit mythological hero of the same name. | Gregg Rainwater |
Peter Maza | Gargoyles | A Native American who was formerly an NYPD officer and is the father of Elisa Maza. | Michael Horse |
Ruffled Feathers | Go Go Gophers | One of the last surviving Indian Gophers. | Sandy Becker |
Chief Running Board | Go Go Gophers | One of the last surviving Indian Gophers. | George S. Irving |
Chief Crazy Coyote | The Huckleberry Hound Show | The regular Indian nemesis of Huckleberry Hound. | Don Messick |
Sheriff Ohiyesa Smith | Justice League Unlimited | He appeared in a time travel episode "The Once and Future Thing" as a sheriff of Elkhorn in the 1880s. | Jonathan Joss |
John Redcorn III | King of the Hill | The Native American former "healer" and adulterous lover of Nancy Gribble. | Victor Aaron (Season 1) Jonathan Joss (Season 2–13) |
Joseph Gribble | King of the Hill | The biological son of John Redcorn III. | Brittany Murphy (1997–2000) Breckin Meyer (2000–2009) |
Layla Mabray | Molly of Denali | An Alaska Native woman of the fictional Qyah village who runs the Denali Trading Post; the mother of Molly Mabray. | Jules Arita Koostachin |
Molly Mabray | Molly of Denali | An Alaska Native girl of the Qyah village and the titular protagonist of the series. | Sovereign Bill |
Nat Mabray | Molly of Denali | Also often referred to as "Grandpa Nat". He is Molly's maternal grandfather and Layla's father. | Lorne Cardinal |
Walter Mabray | Molly of Denali | Molly's father who owns the Denali Trading Post with Layla. | Ronnie Dean Harris |
Tooey Ookami | Molly of Denali | A young boy who is half Alaska Native and half Japanese and one of Molly's best friends. | Sequoia Janvier |
Brave Paw | Paw Paws | He is the close friend of Princess Paw Paws and one of the main protagonists of the show. | Thom Pinto |
Laughing Paw | Paw Paws | Alexandra Stoddart | |
Meanos | Paw Paws | The Meanos are a group of villainous Indians and the main antagonists of the series.
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Stanley Ralph Ross Frank Welker |
Mighty Paw | Paw Paws | The strongest and biggest of the Paw Paws. | Robert Ridgely |
Princess Paw Paws | Paw Paws | She is the daughter of Wise Paw and one of the main protagonists of the show. | Susan Blu |
Trembly Paw | Paw Paws | The coward of the Paw Paws. | Howard Morris |
Wise Paw | Paw Paws | The tribal chief of the Paw Paws. | John Ingle |
Principal Cutler | The Replacements | The Inuit principal of the fictional George Stapler Middle School. | Jeff Bennett |
Apache Chief | Super Friends | A Native American superhero whose Manitou Raven is his variant. | Regis Cordic (debut) Michael Rye Al Fann (one episode) |
Little Bear | The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn't[69] | An Indian boy and one of the main characters of the Thanksgiving television special produced by Hanna-Barbera. | Bobby Riha |
Chief Justice | The Venture Bros. | An Indian crimefighter who owns a titanium teepee. Mentioned only. | N/A |
Princess Tinyfeet | The Venture Bros. | A Native American girl who bears a striking resemblance to Mia on the Land O'Lakes logo and was also the wife of Sergeant Hatred; the daughter of Chief Justice. | Suzanne Gilad (briefly) |
Ellen Crow | Wildfire | An Indian girl who provides moral support on Earth. | Lilly Moon |
Radio
Native American | Radio title | Notes | Played by |
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Tonto | The Lone Ranger[70] | 1933 WXYZ radio show prior to the television series of the same name. | John Todd |
Little Beaver | Red Ryder | 1942 radio series based on the Western comic strip of the same name. | Tommy Cook (1942) Frank Bresee (1942-46) Henry Blair (1944-47) Johnny McGovern (1947-50) Anne Whitfield (1950-51) Sammy Ogg (1950-51) |
Video games
Native American | Game title | Console(s) | Notes |
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Kahionhaténion | Assassin's Creed III | The Kanien'kehá:ka warrior and hunter. | |
Kanenʼtó꞉kon | Assassin's Creed III | He was a close friend of Ratonhnhaké꞉ton. | |
Kaniehtí꞉io ("Ziio") | Assassin's Creed III | She was a Kanien'keha:ka clan woman and the mother of Ratonhnhaké:ton. | |
Ratonhnhaké:ton | Assassin's Creed III | The protagonist who is half English and half Mohawk Indian. | |
Teiowí:sonte | Assassin's Creed III | The Kanien'keha:ka warrior and the brother of Kahionhaténion. | |
Kesegowaase | Assassin's Creed Rogue | The minor antagonist who is an Abenaki Assassin. | |
Humba Wumba | Banjo-Tooie | The Indian woman and one of the main characters of the game. | |
Condor Heads | Breakers |
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The Native American fighter. |
Delsin Rowe | Infamous Second Son | PlayStation 4 | The member of the fictional Akomish tribe and the protagonist of the game. |
Reggie Rowe | Infamous Second Son | PlayStation 4 | He is the brother of Delsin. |
Chief Thunder | Killer Instinct | The Native American chief who is armed with a pair of tomahawks. | |
Eagle | Killer Instinct | An Indian warrior and the younger brother of Chief Thunder. | |
Nightwolf | Mortal Kombat | Arcade | He is a Native American shaman. |
Domasi "Tommy" Tawodi | Prey | A Cherokee mechanic and the main protagonist of the game. | |
Enisi | Prey | The grandfather of Tommy. | |
Jen | Prey | She is the girlfriend of Tommy. | |
Nastas | Red Dead Redemption | A minor character who aids the game's protagonist, John Marston in stopping the gang of the most Native Americans led by the antagonist, Dutch Van Der Linde. | |
Falling Star | Red Dead Revolver | She was the mother of Red Harlow and the daughter of Chief Running Moon. | |
Red Harlow | Red Dead Revolver | The main protagonist who is half Native American on his mother's side. | |
Shadow Wolf | Red Dead Revolver | He is the Native American cousin of Red Harlow. | |
Natan | Shadow Hearts: From the New World | PlayStation 2 | He is the bounty hunter bodyguard of Shania. |
Shania | Shadow Hearts: From the New World | PlayStation 2 | She is the Native American priestess and the love interest of the main protagonist, Johnny Garland. |
T. Hawk | Street Fighter II |
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He is the Native American warrior and the member of the fictional Thunderfoot indigenous American clan. |
Chief Scalpem | Sunset Riders | One of the eight bosses of the game. | |
Nahova | Ta•o Taido | Arcade | |
Michelle Chang | Tekken | She is a young woman of Native American and Chinese descent. | |
Julia Chang | Tekken 3 | The adoptive daughter of Michelle. | |
Turok | Turok games | various | He is the titular protagonist of the video game series based on the comic books of the same name. |
Joshua Fireseed | Turok 2: Seeds of Evil | One of the main characters of the game. | |
Danielle Fireseed | Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion | Nintendo 64 | The sister of Joshua. |
Mascots and others
Native American | Use | Notes |
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Chief Noc-A-Homa | Atlanta Braves | He was the original mascot for the Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves from 1966 until by 1986. |
Princess Win-A-Lotta | Atlanta Braves | She was joining Chief Noc-A-Homa in 1983 until the following year. |
Chief Wahoo | Cleveland Indians | The retired logo icon of the MLB franchise, the Cleveland Indians. |
Osceola | Florida State Seminoles | The current mascot of the athletic teams representing Florida State University. He is frequently portrayed riding his horse, Renegade, and represents the historical figure of Osceola, the Seminole war-chief.
There were the previous mascots of the Seminoles back then, long before Osceola took over:
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Yellow Feather | Great Wolf Resorts | An audio-animatronic figure of an Indian girl for the Great Clock Tower Show at the Great Wolf Lodge resorts.[71] |
Mia | Land O'Lakes | The depiction of a young, kneeling, Native American woman was the logo for the butter packaging from 1928 until she was removed from all their products in April of 2020.[72] |
Chief Illiniwek | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign | The former mascot of UIUC from 1926 to 2007. |
References
- Comanche: Story of America's Most Heroic Horse on Goodreads
- The Return of the Indian on Goodreads
- The Secret of the Indian on Goodreads
- The Mystery of the Cupboard on Goodreads
- The Key to the Indian on Goodreads
- Little Big Man series on Goodreads
- Dances with Wolves series on Goodreads
- Tiger Eyes on Goodreads
- Black Fox on Goodreads
- Comanche Moon on Goodreads
- Adobe Walls on Goodreads
- Children of the Dust on Goodreads
- Soft Rain: A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears | A Mighty Girl
- Walk Two Moons | A Mighty Girl
- The Legend of the Bluebonnet | A Mighty Girl
- Morning Girl | A Mighty Girl
- Sees Behind Trees on Goodreads
- The Beet Queen on Goodreads
- The Birchbark House | A Mighty Girl
- The Game of Silence | A Mighty Girl
- The Porcupine Year | A Mighty Girl
- The Plague of Doves on Goodreads
- Soldier Sister, Fly Home | A Mighty Girl
- The Talking Earth | A Mighty Girl
- An Undisturbed Peace on Goodreads
- Crow Chief on Goodreads
- The Gift of the Sacred Dog on Goodreads
- Iktomi series on Goodreads
- Star Boy on Goodreads
- The Storm Maker's Tipi on Goodreads
- The Vanishing American on Goodreads
- Leaphorn and Chee series on Goodreads
- Spirited on Goodreads
- Miko Kings: An Indian Baseball Story on Goodreads
- Flaming Star on Goodreads
- Old Fish Hawk on Goodreads
- The Cold Dish on Goodreads
- Walt Longmire series on Goodreads
- Mama, Do You Love Me? | A Mighty Girl
- Greer Family Series on Goodreads
- The Searchers on Goodreads
- Frog Girl | A Mighty Girl
- Skins on Goodreads
- The Rough-Faced Girl on Goodreads
- Grandmother's Dreamcatcher | A Mighty Girl
- Island of the Blue Dolphins | A Mighty Girl
- Sing Down The Moon | A Mighty Girl
- Arrow in the Sun on Goodreads
- Blue Birds | A Mighty Girl
- The Powwow Highway on Goodreads
- The Biography of a Grizzly on Goodreads
- Kwani series on Goodreads
- The Culled on Goodreads
- Crossing Bok Chitto | A Mighty Girl
- Danny Blackgoat on Goodreads
- House of Purple Cedar | A Mighty Girl
- How I Became a Ghost series on Goodreads
- The Heartsong of Charging Elk on Goodreads
- Broncho Apache on Biblio
- Turok, Son of Stone at Read Comic Online
- Fighting Pioneers on IMDb
- Hiawatha (1984) on IMDb
- Song of Hiawatha (1997) on IMDb
- Johnny Firecloud on IMDb
- The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1952) on IMDb
- Windrunner on IMDb
- Anima on IMDb
- "Pocahontas | Disney Princess". www.princess.disney.com. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
- The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn't on IMDb
- The Lone Ranger on Free Classic Radio Shows
- "The Great Clock Tower Show". GreatWolf.com.
- "After nearly a century, Land O'Lakes removing Native American maiden from its packaging". ABC11.com. April 18, 2020.