Floyd Red Crow Westerman

Floyd Red Crow Westerman, also known as Kanghi Duta , 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. He worked as a political activist for Native American causes.

Westerman was born Floyd Westerman 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. Kanghi Duta means Red Crow in Dakota . At the age of 10, Westerman was sent to the Wahpeton Boarding School, where he first met Dennis Banks . 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 Westermans later life. As an adult, he championed his own heritage.

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