Native Americans in the Television Industry

November is Native American Heritage Month, and TelevisionAcademy.com celebrates Native culture and its representation in film and television with a series of stories of Native Americans.

Reservation Dogs
15th Television Academy Honors

Lily Gladstone
Emmy Magazine
05.10.24

Daniel Golding
Finds Strength in Stories
11.30.23

Tazbah Rose Chavez
Pulls Double Duty
11.29.23

Joanelle Romero
Red Nation TV
11.17.23

Mato Mayuhi
Reservation Dogs Composer
11.08.23

Vera Starbard
Alaska Daily
11.25.22

Gil Birmingham
Man of the West
11.11.22

Chaske Spencer
The English
11.3.22

Justin Johnson Cortez
Walker Independence
11.1.22

Winds of Change
emmy cover story
5.31.22

Alaqua Cox
Opening Doors
12.13.21

Zahn McClarnon
Moving Forward
11.29.21

Devery Jacobs
Family Feeling
11.22.21

Kiowa Gordon
Winds of Change
11.15.21

Graham Greene
Greene Energy
11.1.21

Michael Greyeyes
Fall Line
11.1.21

Kelsey Asbille
A New View
11.1.21

Tantoo Cardinal
A Visible Difference
10.22.21

Angelique Midthunder
Member Profile
8.25.21

On Their Own Terms
Reservation Dogs
8.25.21

Jana Schmieding
performer
7.15.21

Rudy Ramos
actor
11.30.20

Ian Skorodin
filmmaker
11.30.20

Tantoo Cardinal
actor
11.30.20

Tanaya Beatty
actor
11.23.20

Sydney Freeland
filmmaker
11.23.20

Atticus Todd
actor
11.23.20

Irene Bedard
actor
11.16.20

Sierra Teller Ornelas
showrunner
11.16.20

Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
scholar/consultant
11.16.20

Anthony Florez
writer/director
11.9.20

Amber Midthunder
actor
11.9.20

David Midthunder
actor
11.9.20

Chris Eyre
writer/producer/director
11.2.20

Q'orianka Kilcher
actor
11.2.20

Wes Studi
actor
11.2.20

Thank you to San Mateo County Libraries
for inspiring our artwork.

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