Tantoo Cardinal

Tantoo Cardinal (born July 20, 1950 in Fort McMurray,Alberta) is a Canadian film and television actress.

Cardinal, who is Métis of Cree descent, has played roles in many notable films and television series, including "Spirit Bay", "Dances with Wolves", "Black Robe", "Legends of the Fall", "Smoke Signals" and "North of 60". She was cast in the Disney Channel mini-series "By Way of the Stars" with Gordon Tootoosis as The Cree Chief and Eric Schweig as Black Thunder. It was shot in Uxbridge, Ontario.

Filmography

*"He Comes Without Calling"
*"Marie-Anne"
*"Death Hunt"
*"New Day - New Horizon"
*"Running Brave"
*"Loyalties"
*"Candy Mountain"
*"Dances with Wolves" (1990) - Black Shawl
*"Black Robe" (1991) - Chomina's wife
*"The Lightning Field"
*"Where The Rivers Flow North"
*"Spirit Rider"
*"Silent Tongue" - title role
*"Mustard Bath"
*"Sioux City"
*"Legends of the Fall" - Pet Decker
*"Lakota Woman, Siege at Wounded Knee"
*"Tecumseh: The Last Warrior" (1995) (TV) - Turtle Mother
*"Grand Avenue"
*"Silence" (from 1997)
*"The Education of Little Tree"
*"Smoke Signals" (1998) - Arlene Joseph
*"In Jest"
*"The Hi-Line" - Singing Bird
*"Navigating the Heart"
*"Postmark Paradise"
*"The Lost Child"
*"Dodson's Journey"
*"Edge of Madness"
*"A Thief of Time"
*"The Space Between All Things"
* [http://www.nativespiritinfo.com Native Spirit and The Sun Dance Way 2-DVD Set] (2007)

Television

*"By Way of the Stars" (1992)
*"North of 60"
*"Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman"
*"500 Nations" (1995)
*"Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery" - Sacagawea (voice)
*"Big Bear"
*"Dreamkeeper" (2003) (TV miniseries) - Old Pawnee Woman
*"Windy Acres"
*"Moccasin Flats"
*"Spirit Bay"
*"H₂O"

External links

* [http://www.filmreferencelibrary.ca/index.asp?layid=46&csid1=982&navid=87 Canadian Film Encyclopedia] [A publication of The Film Reference Library/a division of the Toronto International Film Festival Group]

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