Gordon Tootoosis
Gordon Tootoosis ( born October 25, 1941 in the Poundmaker reservation, † July 5, 2011 in Saskatoon ) was a Canadian actor, who descended from the Cree and Stoney.
Life
Tootoosis experienced as a child and teenager, a school in which he was forced to abandon the language of his ancestors and family and worked as a social worker. His interest in the culture of his people then let him go in the 1960s and 1970s as a participant in the show, the Plains Intertribal Dance Group in many countries on tour. Politically active Tootoosis is. Vice President of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations
1973 Tootoosis played his first movie role, the follow up to his death over eighty more. The most famous include the. In the television series North of 60, Goodbye, Pet and Moccasin Flats Tootoosis was awarded the Gemini Award.
Tootoosis, who was a great promoter of Indian actors, was awarded in October 2004, the Order of Canada.