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Noah Watts (Nickels and Bones)

Noah Watts is an enrolled member of The Crow Tribe and a descendant of the Blackfeet nation. He was born in Livingston, Montana, and grew up in Bozeman, Montana. At the age of 17, while a senior in high school, Noah’s first professional audition landed him a role in the film The Slaughter Rule. After… Read more »

Shayna Jackson

Shayna Jackson is an actor and musician from the M’dewakanton Dakota tribe. In November 2020, Shayna performed in the groundbreaking virtual production of THE SPIRIT OF THE VALLEY with PERSEVERANCE THEATRE. Shayna also portrayed the lead role in the world premier of SAND MOON at SON OF SEMELE ENSEMBLE in Los Angeles, CA. Other credits… Read more »

Q’Orianka Kilcher

At the age of 14, Q’orianka Kilcher emerged into the forefront of young actors with her portrayal of Pocahontas in Terrence Malick’s Oscar-nominated film, “THE NEW WORLD,” opposite Colin Farrell and Christian Bale. Her performance earned her the National Board of Review’s Best Breakthrough Performance award and the Alma Award for Best Latin American Actress… Read more »

Kalani Queypo

Kalani Queypo is a founding member of SAG-AFTRA’s National Native American Committee and serves on the Advisory Council for Native Voices Theater at the Autry. Kalani is an award winning screenwriter for Ancestor Eyes, which he later produced and directed. This short film went on to play at nearly 40 festivals and won 14 awards…. Read more »

William Jehu Garroutte

William Jehu Garroutte is an enrolled Citizen of the Cherokee Nation. He had an Army brat childhood, and a rural adolescence in a town famed for its cattle slaughterhouses. He didn’t go to college, and taught himself to write in the WGA library. He is an alumni of the Skins Fest Native American TV Writing… Read more »

Cari Daly

Cari Daly is the grandchild of Irish gangsters, Canadian Mennonites and Southern orphans. She grew up in the Washington, DC suburbs, escaped to NYC, and currently lives in South Central LA. While in New York, Cari received her BFA at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, then relocated to the west coast, where she earned… Read more »

Brian Vallie

Born and raised on the Crow reservation in Montana, Brian grew up floating the river, hunting, exploring, jumping off cliffs and blasting Korn in his parents basement. After getting cut from the basketball team two years in a row, Brian took a direction that would ultimately change his life. Running every day for nearly two… Read more »

Kaherawaks Thompson

Kaherawaks Thompson was born and raised on Kawehnoke, an island on the St. Lawrence River in the northernmost territory of Akwesasne. An alum of the Sundance Institute Native programs, Kaherawaks workshopped her short screenplay, Tehokkenhén:tons (“Close to Death”), during the 2010 Native Lab. In August 2012, a short film was produced from the workshopped story,… Read more »

Brian Ramian

Brian began his career in Los Angeles as an actor in the late 1990’s working both in TV and independent film. He spent several years honing his skills as a storyteller while understanding character psychology before deciding to follow a deeper calling to create story rather than just play in it. Best Punching Bags for… Read more »

Boise Esquerra

Boise Esquerra is a Native American (Hopi) filmmaker who is currently enrolled in the Colorado River Indian Tribes in Parker, AZ. He is finishing out his last term at the New York Film Academy (Screenwriting), where he is at the top of his class and is in his 9th year of writing. He holds a… Read more »