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Gordon Tootoosis, a descendent of the legendary Plains Cree leader Poundmaker, was taken from his home and placed in one of the infamous Catholic residential schools. His interest in his own cultural traditions led him to become an accomplished native dancer. In the 60s and 70s he toured across Canada, Europe and South America with the Plains InterTribal Dance Troupe. He broke into film in 1972 with Alien Thunder, starring Donald Sutherland and Chief Dan George. He worked with Ben Affleck and Charlize Theron, Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Aiden Quinn and Julia Ormond. He appeared in Leaving Normal with Meg Tilly and Christine Lahti. His television work included roles in Due South, Lonesome Dove, and Hawkeye, as well as spending five seasons on North of 60. Raised with a strong Cree belief system and a knowledge of the Cree language, art and worldview. As a young man he became a cowboy and was a champion Calf Roper and Team Roper. Gordon Tootoosis was 69 when he died from pneumonia at St. Paul’s hospital in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Also see: Remembering Gordon Tootoosis.
Features & TV Movies:
VR indicates Direct-to-Video Release
Alien Thunder (1973)
Marie Ann (1978)
Stone Fox (TV-1987)
Higher Ground (TV-1988)
Last Train Home (TV-1990)
Blood River (TV-1991)
Black Robe (1991)
Lost in the Barrens II: The Curse of the Viking Grave (TV-1991)
Leaving Normal (1992)
Lakota Moon (TV-1992)
Call of the Wild (TV-1993)
Spirit Rider (TV-1993)
Legends of the Fall (1994)
Pocahontas (voice, 1995)
Pocahontas: The Legend (1995)
Lone Star (1996)
Crazy Horse (TV-1996)
Alaska (1996)
My Mother’s Ghost (TV-1996)
Coyote Summer (1996)
Keeping the Promise (TV-1997)
The Edge (1997)
Song of Hiawatha (1997)
Que la lumière soit (1998)
Reindeer Games (2000)
Bear With Me (2000)
Nobody’s Baby (2001)
Zoe (2001)
The Doe Boy (2001)
Dream Storm (TV-2001)
Christmas at Wapos Bay (2001)
Black Point (2001)
Now and Forever (2002)
On the Corner (2003)
Cowboys and Indians: The J.J. Harper Story (TV-2003)
Fugitives Run (2003)
Seven Times Lucky (2004)
The Reawakening (2004)
Hank Williams First Nation (2005)
Shania: A Life in Eight Albums (TV-2005)
One Dead Indian (TV-2006)
Mr. Soul (2006)
That Beautiful Somewhere (2006)
Open Season (voice, 2006)
Hybrid (TV-2007)
Juliana and the Medicine Fish (2007, short)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (TV-2007)
Out in the Cold (2007, short)
Blackstone (TV-2009)
The Closer You Get to Canada (2010, short)
Doomsday Prophecy (TV-2011)
Guns, Girls and Gambling (TV-2011)
TV Series – Cast:
North of 60 (1992-1998)
By Way of the Stars (1992, miniseries)
500 Nations (1995, mini-series)
Big Bear (1998, mini-series)
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (2002)
Dreamkeeper (2003, mini-series)
Moccasin Flats (2003-2006)
Into the West (2005, mini-series)
Wapos Bay: The Series (2005-2010)
Shoebox Zoo (2005)
Hank Williams First Nation (2006)
Blackstone (2011)
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