Native American Heritage Month

Chief Iron Tail (Sinte Maza). Oglala Lakota. ca. 1880-1890. Photo taken while the Chief was traveling as a performer for Buffalo Bill. Source - Denver Public Library.

Kills Two, a Brulé Sioux medicine man, ca. 1900

Philip Return From Scout. Lakota. ca. 1880-1900. Photo by Geoffrey Duncan. Source - Denver Public Library.

People rest in the shade of masonry walls at Pueblo Bonito (San Juan County), New Mexico. 1880-1900. Photo by Sumner W. Matteson.

Blackfoot man. Early 1900s. Photo by Edward S. Curtis. Source - Library of Congress

Crow group. Late 1800s.

Navajo grandmother and grandchild. Early 1900s. Photo by William M. Pennington. Source - Denver Public Library

𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐢𝐥 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐡𝐚𝐦 🎉 – 𝐀𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞.

Gil Birmingham, of Comanche ancestry, was born in San Antonio, Texas. Growing up in a military family, he moved frequently and developed a love for music, mastering the guitar in his youth.
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Though he earned a Bachelor of Science from the University of Southern California and worked as a petrochemical engineer, fate had other plans — a talent scout discovered him while bodybuilding in the early 1980s, leading to his first screen appearance in Diana Ross’s 1982 music video “Muscles.”

Birmingham soon dedicated himself fully to acting, studying under renowned coaches Larry Moss and Charles Conrad. He made his TV debut in 1986 with the series Riptide and later appeared in Body & Soul (2002) and Steven Spielberg’s epic miniseries Into the West (2005). Audiences today know him best for roles like Billy Black in The Twilight Saga and the Texas Ranger in Hell or High Water, where he starred alongside Jeff Bridges.

With decades of diverse performances, Gil Birmingham continues to captivate audiences and honor his Native American heritage through every role he takes on.
❤️𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗧-𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗿𝘁 👉
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Marie Antoinette Thomas-Sack-Noel - Mi"kmaq - 1889

Menominee man - circa 1920