Floyd Red Crow Westerman, R.I.P. (1936-2007)

[eldritchhobbit]

Floyd Red Crow Westerman has died at the age of 71.

Westerman is best known as a musician and an actor who appeared in over 50 films and series, including Dances with Wolves, Hidalgo, DreamKeeper, and The Doors. He appeared in some important genre television programs, as well, including Millennium, The Pretender, Poltergeist: The Legacy, and multiple episodes of The X-Files, in which he portrayed the character Albert Holsteen. In 2006, he won a NAMMY Award for his third music album.

Beyond being an entertainer, the Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota Westerman was an activist, a member of the American Indian Movement and a spokesman for the International Indian Treaty Council. His first album, Custer Died for Your Sins, provided a soundtrack and slogan for the Red Power Movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Read his obituary at Native American Times.

Comments

[mariadkins.livejournal.com]

Damn.

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

I agree.

[beledibabe.livejournal.com]

My condolences. He was a man whose footsteps will last for a long time...

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Yes indeed - thanks!

[serpentcoils.livejournal.com]

sad. :(

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Yes. :(

[estellye.livejournal.com]

He was such a wonderful actor, but I didn't realize he was a musician, too! He was a real renaissance man with all he accomplished in too short a life. Thank you as always for calling attention to the remarkable people whose transitions should be noted and whose lives should be remembered.

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for your lovely comments. I couldn't agree more about his talents as a renaissance man.

[magicwondershow.livejournal.com]

somehow, the world just doesn't seem as bright as it did an hour ago.

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

:(

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[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

It's so good to hear from you! *hugs* I've friended you back.