Floyd Red Crow Westerman
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Native American entertainer (1936–2007)
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1936-08-17
- Active to
- 2007-12-13
native american
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 751
- Total plays
- 8,721
Tags
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Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman, also known as Kanghi Duta (August 17, 1936 – December 13, 2007), was a Sioux musician, political activist, and actor. After establishing a career as a country music singer, later in his life, he became a leading actor depicting Native Americans in American films and television. He is sometimes credited simply as Floyd Westerman. He worked as a political activist for Native American causes. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Floyd+Red+Crow+Westerman">Read more on Last.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Lake Traverse Indian Reservation
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Educated at
- Northern State University
- Political party
- independent politician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- country music
- Instrument
- voice
- Military branch
- United States Marine Corps
- Official website
- www.floydwesterman.com
- Number of children
- 5
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- cause of death
- leukemia
- date of birth
- 1936-08-17
- date of death
- 2007-12-13
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1988-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- end of work period
- 2007-00-00
- ethnic group
- Dakota people
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