xxii, 439 pages, 36 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations (black and white), genealogies, portraits 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Biographies
Date:
2019
Notes:
Indexed in the Native American Artists Resource Collection Online, Billie Jane Baguley Library and Archives, Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, at the artist name level (May 29, 2021) http://5019.sydneyplus.com/Heard_Museum_ArgusNET_Final/Portal.aspx
NMAIMAI copy purchased with funds from the Lloyd and Charlotte Wineland Library Endowment for Native American and Western Exploration Literature.
Contents:
Lilian Margaret St. Cyr of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska -- Ochsegahonegah at the Lincoln Institute -- Role Models and Visitors -- Home and Away Again -- James Young Johnson and Family Secrets -- Princess Red Wing and Young Deer -- Edendale, California -- New Careers with Pathé Frères -- Leaving Young Deer -- Keeping Up with the Competition -- The Calm before the Storm -- Young Deer and the White Slavery Ring -- Cecil B. DeMille and 'The Squaw Man' -- 'In the Days of the Thundering Herd' -- 'Ramona' and Home Again -- Lilia Red Wing on Tour and the Visual Education Movement -- The Metropolitan Group of American Indians -- Fare Thee Well and Hollywood Reunion -- The Moon Shines on Pretty Red Wing -- Lilian Margaret St. Cyr Family -- James Young Johnson Family -- Red Wing's Filmography, 1908-1931
Summary:
"Starring Red Wing! is a sweeping narrative of St. Cyr's evolution as America's first Native American film star, from her childhood through her performance career, and to her days as a respected elder of the multi-tribal New York City Indian Community"-- Provided by publisher
Topic:
Indian motion picture actors and actresses Search this
Acteurs de cinéma indiens d'Amérique Search this
