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Floyd "Red Crow" (Cuervo Rojo) Westerman
Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman, also known as Kanghi Duta[citation needed] (August 17, 1936 – December 13, 2007), was a Sioux musician, political activist, and actor. After establishing a career as a country music singer, later in his life, he became a leading actor depicting Native Americans in American films and television. He is sometimes credited simply as Floyd Westerman.[1] He worked as a political activist for Native American causes.
Early life
Westerman was born Floyd Westerman (Kanghi Duta) on the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation, home of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate, a federally recognized tribe. It is one of the tribes of the Eastern Dakota subgroup of the Great Sioux Nation, living within the U.S. state of South Dakota.[2] Kanghi Duta means "Red Crow" in Dakota (one of the three Sioux related languages).[3] At the age of 10, Westerman was sent to the Wahpeton Boarding School, where he first met Dennis Banks (who as an adult became a leader of the American Indian Movement). There Westerman and other boys were forced to cut their traditionally long hair and forbidden to speak their native languages. This experience would profoundly impact Westerman's later life. As an adult, he championed his own heritage.[4]
He graduated from Northern State University with a B.A. degree in secondary education. He also served two years in the US Marines, before beginning his career as a singer.[2]
Career
Before entering films and television, Westerman had established a solid reputation as a country-western music singer. His recordings offer a probing analysis of European influences in Native American communities. In addition to several solo recordings, Westerman collaborated with Jackson Browne, Willie Nelson, Bonnie Raitt, Harry Belafonte,[2] Joni Mitchell, Kris Kristofferson, and Buffy Sainte-Marie. In the 1990s, he toured with Sting to raise funds to preserve rain forests.[2]
Westerman became interested in acting after years of performing as a singer. He debuted his film career in Renegades (1989), in which he played "Red Crow", the Lakota Sioux father of Hank Storm, the character played by Lou Diamond Phillips. Additional film roles include "Chief Ten Bears" in Dances with Wolves (1990), and the “shaman” for the singer Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone’s The Doors (1991).[2] Westerman appeared as Standing Elk, alongside his long-time friend Max Gail, in the family film, Tillamook Treasure (2006). He can be seen as well in the beginning of Hidalgo (2004), as Chief Sitting Bull in Buffalo Bill's circus. In September 2007, Westerman finished work for the film Swing Vote (2008).[2]
His television roles have included playing "Uncle Ray" on Walker, Texas Ranger,[2] "One Who Waits" on Northern Exposure, and multiple appearances as "Albert Hosteen" on The X-Files.[2] From 2003–2007, Westerman appeared in a number of television advertisements for "Lakota" brand topical pain reliever, for which he often wore traditional Native dress.
Westerman was recognized for his political advocacy for Native American causes. At times he participated in the American Indian Movement.
Legacy and honors
In 2000, the American Indian Expo named Westerman celebrity of the year.
Marriage and family
Westerman married a young German woman by the name of Rosie late in life. Prior to that, He had a number of wives and fathered five children.
Death
Westerman died on December 13, 2007, at Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, California after an extended illness and complications from leukemia. He was survived by his wife Rosie and five children.[2][5]
Quotations
"And I told them not to dig for uranium, for if they did, the children would die. They didn't listen, they didn't listen, they didn't listen to me. And I told them if the children die, there would be no keepers of the land. They didn't listen. And I told them if they destroy the sky, machines would come and soon destroy the land. They didn't listen... And I told them if they destroy the land, man would have to move into the sea. They didn't listen... And I told them if they destroy the sea -- they didn't listen..."
-from the Floyd Westerman song "They Didn't Listen", which Westerman recited in concluding his testimony in 1992 at the World Uranium Hearings in Salzburg, Austria.[6]
Filmography
Powwow Highway (1989) (voice)
Renegades (1989)
Dances with Wolves (1990)
Son of the Morning Star (1991)
The Doors (1991)
Clearcut (1991)
Rio Shannon (1993)
The Broken Chain (1993)
Jonathan of the Bears (1993)
Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee (1994)
500 Nations (voice) (1995)
Buffalo Girls (1995)
Siringo (1996)
The Brave (1997)
Dusting Cliff 7 (1997)
Grey Owl (1998)
Graduation Night (2003)
Atlantis: Milo's Return (voice) (2003)
Dreamkeeper (2003)
Hidalgo (2004)
Truth and Dare... aka Party On
Tillamook Treasure (2006)
Comanche Moon (2008)
Swing Vote (2008)
Television appearances
Walker, Texas Ranger
Northern Exposure
Dharma & Greg
Millennium
Poltergeist: The Legacy
The Pretender
Roseanne
The X-Files
Murder, She Wrote
Captain Planet and the Planeteers (voice)
Hardball
L.A. Law
MacGyver
Femte port, Den (TV movie)
Judging Amy
Baywatch Nights
"Lakota" commercials
The Dakota Conflict (voice)
Discography
Custer Died for Your Sins (1969)
Indian Country (1970)
Custer Died for Your Sins (re-recording) (1982)
The Land is Your Mother (1982)
Oyate (with Tony Hymas) (1990)
A Tribute to Johnny Cash Hen House Studio (2006)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Red_Crow_Westerman
Early life
Westerman was born Floyd Westerman (Kanghi Duta) on the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation, home of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate, a federally recognized tribe. It is one of the tribes of the Eastern Dakota subgroup of the Great Sioux Nation, living within the U.S. state of South Dakota.[2] Kanghi Duta means "Red Crow" in Dakota (one of the three Sioux related languages).[3] At the age of 10, Westerman was sent to the Wahpeton Boarding School, where he first met Dennis Banks (who as an adult became a leader of the American Indian Movement). There Westerman and other boys were forced to cut their traditionally long hair and forbidden to speak their native languages. This experience would profoundly impact Westerman's later life. As an adult, he championed his own heritage.[4]
He graduated from Northern State University with a B.A. degree in secondary education. He also served two years in the US Marines, before beginning his career as a singer.[2]
Career
Before entering films and television, Westerman had established a solid reputation as a country-western music singer. His recordings offer a probing analysis of European influences in Native American communities. In addition to several solo recordings, Westerman collaborated with Jackson Browne, Willie Nelson, Bonnie Raitt, Harry Belafonte,[2] Joni Mitchell, Kris Kristofferson, and Buffy Sainte-Marie. In the 1990s, he toured with Sting to raise funds to preserve rain forests.[2]
Westerman became interested in acting after years of performing as a singer. He debuted his film career in Renegades (1989), in which he played "Red Crow", the Lakota Sioux father of Hank Storm, the character played by Lou Diamond Phillips. Additional film roles include "Chief Ten Bears" in Dances with Wolves (1990), and the “shaman” for the singer Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone’s The Doors (1991).[2] Westerman appeared as Standing Elk, alongside his long-time friend Max Gail, in the family film, Tillamook Treasure (2006). He can be seen as well in the beginning of Hidalgo (2004), as Chief Sitting Bull in Buffalo Bill's circus. In September 2007, Westerman finished work for the film Swing Vote (2008).[2]
His television roles have included playing "Uncle Ray" on Walker, Texas Ranger,[2] "One Who Waits" on Northern Exposure, and multiple appearances as "Albert Hosteen" on The X-Files.[2] From 2003–2007, Westerman appeared in a number of television advertisements for "Lakota" brand topical pain reliever, for which he often wore traditional Native dress.
Westerman was recognized for his political advocacy for Native American causes. At times he participated in the American Indian Movement.
Legacy and honors
In 2000, the American Indian Expo named Westerman celebrity of the year.
Marriage and family
Westerman married a young German woman by the name of Rosie late in life. Prior to that, He had a number of wives and fathered five children.
Death
Westerman died on December 13, 2007, at Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, California after an extended illness and complications from leukemia. He was survived by his wife Rosie and five children.[2][5]
Quotations
"And I told them not to dig for uranium, for if they did, the children would die. They didn't listen, they didn't listen, they didn't listen to me. And I told them if the children die, there would be no keepers of the land. They didn't listen. And I told them if they destroy the sky, machines would come and soon destroy the land. They didn't listen... And I told them if they destroy the land, man would have to move into the sea. They didn't listen... And I told them if they destroy the sea -- they didn't listen..."
-from the Floyd Westerman song "They Didn't Listen", which Westerman recited in concluding his testimony in 1992 at the World Uranium Hearings in Salzburg, Austria.[6]
Filmography
Powwow Highway (1989) (voice)
Renegades (1989)
Dances with Wolves (1990)
Son of the Morning Star (1991)
The Doors (1991)
Clearcut (1991)
Rio Shannon (1993)
The Broken Chain (1993)
Jonathan of the Bears (1993)
Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee (1994)
500 Nations (voice) (1995)
Buffalo Girls (1995)
Siringo (1996)
The Brave (1997)
Dusting Cliff 7 (1997)
Grey Owl (1998)
Graduation Night (2003)
Atlantis: Milo's Return (voice) (2003)
Dreamkeeper (2003)
Hidalgo (2004)
Truth and Dare... aka Party On
Tillamook Treasure (2006)
Comanche Moon (2008)
Swing Vote (2008)
Television appearances
Walker, Texas Ranger
Northern Exposure
Dharma & Greg
Millennium
Poltergeist: The Legacy
The Pretender
Roseanne
The X-Files
Murder, She Wrote
Captain Planet and the Planeteers (voice)
Hardball
L.A. Law
MacGyver
Femte port, Den (TV movie)
Judging Amy
Baywatch Nights
"Lakota" commercials
The Dakota Conflict (voice)
Discography
Custer Died for Your Sins (1969)
Indian Country (1970)
Custer Died for Your Sins (re-recording) (1982)
The Land is Your Mother (1982)
Oyate (with Tony Hymas) (1990)
A Tribute to Johnny Cash Hen House Studio (2006)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Red_Crow_Westerman
Floyd Westerman song "They Didn't Listen
THEY DIDN’T LISTEN
And I told them not to dig for gold
For if they did the Eagle would die
They didn’t listen, they didn’t listen
They didn’t listen to me
And I told them if the Eagle died
There would be no keeper of the sky
They didn’t listen, they didn’t listen
They didn’t listen to me
And I told them not to dig for uranium,
For if they did, the children would die.
They didn't listen, they didn't listen,
They didn't listen to me.
And I told them if the children die,
There would be no keepers of the land.
They didn't listen. they didn't listen
They didn’t listen to me
And if there were no keeper of the land
Machines would come and soon pollute the sky
They didn’t listen, they didn’t listen
They didn’t listen to me
And I told them if they pollute the sky
Man would have to move into the sea
They didn’t listen, they didn’t listen
They didn’t listen to me
And I told them if they destroy the sea
They didn’t listen, they didn’t listen
They didn’t listen to me
lyrics concluding Floyd Westerman’s testimony in 1992 at the World Uranium Hearings in Salzburg, Austria.
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For:
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My blogs are an open house to all cultures, religions and countries. Be a follower if you like it, with this action you are building a new culture of tolerance, open mind and heart for peace, love and human respect.
Thanks :)
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