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| name = Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman
| name = Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman
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| other_names = Kanghi Duta
| other_names = Kanghi Duta
| occupation = Actor, artist, musician
| occupation = Actor, artist, musician
| spouse = Rosie Westerman
| spouse = Rosie Westerman
| children = 5
| othername = Kanghi Duta
| othername = Kanghi Duta
| years_active = 1988–2007}}
| years_active = 1988–2007}}
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==Death==
==Death==
Westerman died on December 13, 2007, at [[Cedars Sinai Hospital]] in Los Angeles, after an extended illness and complications from [[leukemia]]. He was survived by his wife Rosie and five children.<ref name=jablon>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/15/AR2007121501806.html |title=Floyd Red Crow Westerman, 71; Performer, activist |accessdate=2007-12-24 |author=Robert Jablon |date=December 16, 2007 |work=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jj4yj37U9DWYfLMh8iNpt2MokknAD8THL2IG0 |title=Obituaries in the News |accessdate=2007-12-23 |author=Associated Press |date=December 14, 2007 |publisher=Associated Press, via Google}}{{dead link|date=November 2012|bot=Legobot}}</ref>
Westerman died on December 13, 2007, at [[Cedars Sinai Hospital]] in Los Angeles, after an extended illness and complications from [[leukemia]]. He was survived by his wife Rosie and five children.<ref name=jablon>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/15/AR2007121501806.html|title=Floyd Red Crow Westerman, 71; Performer, activist|accessdate=2007-12-24|author=Robert Jablon|date=December 16, 2007|work=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref>


==Quotations==
==Quotations==
<blockquote>"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.<br>And I told them if the children die, there would be no keepers of the land. They didn't listen.<br>And I told them if they destroy the sky, machines would come and soon destroy the land. They didn't listen...<br>And I told them if they destroy the land, man would have to move into the sea. They didn't listen...<br>And I told them if they destroy the sea – they didn't listen..."</blockquote>
<blockquote>
"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..."</blockquote>


-from the Floyd Westerman song "They Didn't Listen", which Westerman recited in concluding his testimony in 1992 at the [[World Uranium Hearing]] in Salzburg, Austria.<ref>[http://www.ratical.org/radiation/WorldUraniumHearing/FloydWesterman.html "Floyd Westerman"], World Uranium Hearing, Ratical.org</ref>
-from the Floyd Westerman song "They Didn't Listen", which Westerman recited in concluding his testimony in 1992 at the [[World Uranium Hearing]] in Salzburg, Austria.<ref>[http://www.ratical.org/radiation/WorldUraniumHearing/FloydWesterman.html "Floyd Westerman"], World Uranium Hearing, Ratical.org</ref>


==Selected filmography==
==Filmography==
*''[[Powwow Highway]]'' (1989) (voice)
*''[[Powwow Highway]]'' (1989) (voice)
*''[[Renegades (1989 film)|Renegades]]'' (1989)
*''[[Renegades (1989 film)|Renegades]]'' (1989)
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*''[[The Doors (film)|The Doors]]'' (1991)
*''[[The Doors (film)|The Doors]]'' (1991)
*''[[Clearcut (film)|Clearcut]]'' (1991)
*''[[Clearcut (film)|Clearcut]]'' (1991)
*''Rio Shannon'' (1993)
*''The Broken Chain'' (1993)
*''[[Jonathan of the Bears]]'' (1993)
*''[[Jonathan of the Bears]]'' (1993)
*''[[Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee]]'' (1994)
*''[[Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee]]'' (1994)
*''[[500 Nations]]'' (voice) (1995)
*''[[500 Nations]]'' (voice) (1995)
*''[[Buffalo Girls]]'' (1995)
*''[[Buffalo Girls]]'' (1995)
*''Siringo'' (1996)
*''[[The Brave]]'' (1997)
*''[[The Brave]]'' (1997)
*''[[Last Assassins|Dusting Cliff 7]]'' (1997)
*''[[Last Assassins|Dusting Cliff 7]]'' (1997)
*''[[Grey Owl (film)|Grey Owl]]'' (1998)
*''[[Grey Owl (film)|Grey Owl]]'' (1998)
*''Graduation Night'' (2003)
*''[[Atlantis: Milo's Return]]'' (voice) (2003)
*''[[Atlantis: Milo's Return]]'' (voice) (2003)
*''[[Dreamkeeper]]'' (2003)
*''[[Dreamkeeper]]'' (2003)
*''[[Hidalgo (film)|Hidalgo]]'' (2004)
*''[[Hidalgo (film)|Hidalgo]]'' (2004)
*''Truth and Dare... aka Party On''
*''[[Tillamook Treasure]]'' (2006)
*''[[Tillamook Treasure]]'' (2006)
*''[[Comanche Moon (TV miniseries)|Comanche Moon]]'' (2008)
*''[[Comanche Moon (TV miniseries)|Comanche Moon]]'' (2008)
*''[[Swing Vote (2008 film)|Swing Vote]]'' (2008)
*''[[Swing Vote (2008 film)|Swing Vote]]'' (2008)


==Television appearances==
==Selected television appearances==
*''[[Walker, Texas Ranger]]'' (pilot season and season 1)
*''[[Walker, Texas Ranger]]'' (pilot season and season 1)
*''[[Northern Exposure]]''
*''[[Northern Exposure]]''
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*''[[Murder, She Wrote]]''
*''[[Murder, She Wrote]]''
*''[[Captain Planet and the Planeteers]]'' (voice)
*''[[Captain Planet and the Planeteers]]'' (voice)
*''Hardball''
*''[[L.A. Law]]''
*''[[L.A. Law]]''
*''[[MacGyver]]''
*''[[MacGyver]]''
*''Femte port, Den'' (TV movie)
*''[[Judging Amy]]''
*''[[Judging Amy]]''
*''[[Baywatch Nights]]''
*''[[Baywatch Nights]]''
*"Lakota" commercials
*''The Dakota Conflict'' (voice)


==Discography==
==Discography==

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Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman
Floyd Red Crow Westerman
Born
Floyd Westerman

(1936-08-17)August 17, 1936
Lake Traverse Indian Reservation, South Dakota, U.S.
DiedDecember 13, 2007(2007-12-13) (aged 71)
Los Angeles
Resting placeSaint Matthew's Catholic Cemetery, Veblen, South Dakota
Other namesKanghi Duta
Occupation(s)Actor, artist, musician
Years active1988–2007
SpouseRosie Westerman
Children5

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

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

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 appeared in Hidalgo (2004), as Chief Eagle Horn in Buffalo Bill's circus. In September 2007, Westerman finished work for the film Swing Vote (2008).[2]

Television roles included playing "Uncle Ray" on

Albert Hosteen" on The X-Files.[2]

Marriage and family

Westerman was survived by his last wife, Rosie. Prior to that marriage, he had been married several times previously and fathered five children. [citation needed]

Death

Westerman died on December 13, 2007, at

Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, after an extended illness and complications from leukemia. He was survived by his wife Rosie and five children.[2]

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 Hearing in Salzburg, Austria.[5]

Selected filmography

Selected television appearances

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)

References

  1. IMDb
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Robert Jablon (December 16, 2007). "Floyd Red Crow Westerman, 71; Performer, activist". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 24, 2007.
  3. ^ Canku Ota – June 3, 2000 – Floyd Westerman
  4. ^ Andréa Ford, "Milestones – Died: "Floyd (Red Crow) Westerman", Time Magazine, December 27, 2007, accessed October 17, 2010
  5. ^ "Floyd Westerman", World Uranium Hearing, Ratical.org

External links

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