Cree cultural icon Tyrone Tootoosis died at his home near
Duck Lake, Saskatoon. Tootoosis, who was 58, died early Sunday morning,
February 12th of colon cancer. He was at his ranch near Duck Lake, Sask., which
he shared with his wife, University of Saskatchewan professor Winona Wheeler.
Tootoosis was a key figure in the Indigenous performing arts, but also in Cree
linguistics and history. Like his father, Wilfred, Tootoosis spent tens of
thousands of hours sitting with elders, recording their stories. Tyrone was
born on Poundmaker Reserve, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1959. He was the nephew of
Native American film and TV actor Gordon Tootoosis who died in 2011 at the age
of 70. Tyrone appeared in one Euro-western the U.S., Canadian, German
co-produced television film ‘DreamKeeper’ in the role of Whirlwind Dreamer.
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