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Lily Gladstone: paving the way
The Blackfeet community gathers to welcome home and celebrate the award-winning actress.
Thursday, March 28, 2024
Montana Free Press
More than 350 empty white chairs filled the recently built arbor at the center of the campgrounds in Browning, the headquarters of the Blackfeet Nation.
Later Tuesday, those seats, along with bleachers that surrounded the perimeter of the building, were filled with families, friends, children and tribal leaders from the Blackfoot Confederacy, all in attendance to celebrate Lily Gladstone.
The ceremony was meant to welcome home Gladstone, who was born and raised on the reservation before moving to Seattle, and honor her with a stand-up headdress, a tradition that recognizes a member of the community who has demonstrated leadership, respect and responsibility.
“It’s people like Lily who are paving the way for a better tomorrow, and as you can see hard work, it does take you a long way,” Blackfeet Tribal Business Council member Pat Armstrong said during the celebration.
Gladstone, Blackfeet and Nez Perce, an actress who studied at the University of Montana, last year starred in Martin Scorsese’s film, “Killers of the Flower Moon,” which was based on the nonfiction book written by David Grann about murders of the Osage people during the 1920s.
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JoVonne Wagner is a member of the Blackfeet Nation located in Northwestern Montana. She was born and raised on the reservation, where she says she experienced and lived through all the amazing things about her home, but also witnessed all the negative aspects of rez life. Wagner is an alumni of NPR’S Next Generation Radio. JoVonne interned for Buffalo’s Fire and she recently graduated from the University of Montana School of Journalism.
Note: This story originally appeared on Montana Free Press. It is published under a Creative Commons license.
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