- Chuck Norris
Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris (born 10 March 1940) is an American martial artist, action star, and Hollywood actor who is known for playing Cordell Walker on "Walker, Texas Ranger". In 2006, he became the subject of an internet phenomenon known as Chuck Norris Facts. - Calamity Jane
Martha Jane Canary-Burke, better known as Calamity Jane, was a frontierswoman and professional scout most well-known for her claim of being a close friend of Wild Bill Hickok, but also having gained fame fighting Native Americans. - Quanah Parker
Quanah Parker (c. late 1840s - February 23, 1911) was a Native American leader, the son of Comanche chief Peta Nocona and "Anglo-Texan" Cynthia Ann Parker, and the last chief of the Quahadi Comanche Indians. - Floyd Red Crow Westerman
Floyd Red Crow Westerman, born in 1936, is a Dakota musician, activist and actor born on the Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota Sioux reservation in the U.S. state of South Dakota. The elder Dakota in the late 20th century became a leading actor depicting Native Americans in American films and television. He is sometimes credited as "Floyd Crow Westerman". - Lou Diamond Phillips
Lou Diamond Phillips (born February 17, 1962) is an American film and television actor. - John Herrington
John Bennett Herrington (born 14 September 1958) is an American astronaut and a veteran of one space shuttle mission. He is the first member of a Native American tribe to fly in space. Herrington was born in Wetumka, Oklahoma. He grew up in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Riverton, Wyoming, and Plano, Texas where he graduated from Plano Senior High School. - Cynthia Ann Parker
Cynthia Ann Parker, or Naduah (also sometimes spelled "Nadua" and "Nauta"), was an Anglo-Texas woman of Scots-Irish descent who suffered being kidnapped twice in her lifetime - once from her natural family at the age of nine by a Native American raiding party, and once from her Indian family at the age of 34 by Texas Rangers. Cynthia Ann was a member of the large Parker frontier family that settled in east Texas in the 1830s. - Iron Eyes Cody
Iron Eyes Cody (April 3, 1904 - January 4, 1999) was an actor born in Gueydan, Louisiana. He was born Espera De Corti, the son of Sicilian immigrants Francesca Salpietra and Antonio De Corti. He was not born a Native American, but he claimed to be part Cherokee and part Cree. Cody and his wife Bertha Parker adopted children that were Native American. Cody began his acting career at the age of 12 and continued to work until the time of his death. - Rudy Youngblood
Rudy Youngblood (born September 21, 1982 in Belton, Texas, United States) is a Native American Hollywood actor, musician, dancer and artist. - Jimmy Carl Black
Jimmy Carl Black (born James Inkanish, Jr. on February 1, 1938) is a drummer, vocalist and "Indian of the group" for The Mothers of Invention. Born in El Paso, Texas, he is best known for his Cheyenne heritage and his drooping moustache. His trademark line was "Hi Boys and Girls, I'm Jimmy Carl Black, and I'm the Indian of the group." He has been credited on some Mothers albums as playing "drums, vocals, and poverty". - Hunter Tylo
Hunter Tylo (born Deborah Jo Hunter on July 3, 1962 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American actress of half Cherokee descent. She is also credited as Deborah Morehart; Morehart was the last name of her first husband. She is best known for her role as Dr. Taylor Hamilton Hayes Forrester Marone on "The Bold and the Beautiful", being one of the longest serving castmembers - Pauline Turner Strong
Pauline Turner Strong is an American anthropologist specializing in literary, historical, ethnographic, and popular representations of Native Americans. Theoretically her work has considered colonial and postcolonial representation, identity and alterity, and hybridity. Her book "Captive Selves, Captivating Others: The Politics and Poetics of Colonial American Captivity Narratives" received an Honorable Mention for the 2000 Chicago Folklore Prize. - Peta Nocona
Peta Nocona was a Native American chief who led the Noconi Comanches in Texas from the 1830s to 1860. Rumored to be a physically gigantic man, he was a feared figure on the Texas border for three decades until a company of Texas Rangers and Militia led by Sul Ross ambushed and massacred his band at the Battle of Pease River on December 18, 1860. Despite Ross's claim that Nocona was killed at Pease River, his son insisted he was not present, and died several years later. - Stephen Graham Jones
Stephen Graham Jones is a Blackfeet Native American author of experimental fiction, horror fiction, crime fiction, and science fiction. - Oliver Loving
Oliver Loving was a cattle rancher and pioneer of the cattle drive who with Charles Goodnight developed the Goodnight-Loving Trail. He was mortally wounded by Native Americans while on a cattle drive. He was born in Hopkins County, Kentucky. From 1833 to a decade later, Loving was a farmer in Muhlenburg County until he, his brother, and his brother-in-law moved their families to the Republic of Texas, … - Matilda Coxe Stevenson
Matilda Coxe Stevenson (1855-1915) was an American ethnologist, born at San Augustine, Tex. In 1872 she was married to James Stevenson, an ethnologist (died 1888), with whom she spent 13 years in explorations of the Rocky Mountain region. After 1889 she was on the staff of the Bureau of American Ethnology of the Smithsonian Institution. Mrs. Stevenson explored the cave, cliff, and mesa ruins of New Mexico, studied all the Pueblo tribes of that State, … - Lawrence Sullivan Ross
Lawrence Sullivan Ross ("Sul" Ross) (September 27 1838 - January 3 1898) served as Governor of Texas from January 18 1887 to January 20 1891 and was a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War. Ross was born in Bentonsport, Iowa Territory, to Catherine and Shapley Prince Ross. The Ross family came to Texas and settled in Milam County, Texas in 1839, and in Waco in 1849. He graduated from Baylor University at Independence, Texas, … - Rachel Plummer
Rachel Plummer was a member of the Parker clan that settled on the frontier of the "Comancheria" in Texas in the 1830s. She was captured at Parker's Fort<sup>1</sup> by a Native American raiding party, mostly Comanche, on May 19, 1836 at the age of seventeen during what has come to be called the "Fort Parker massacre" near present-day Groesbeck, Texas. Rachel was born March 22, 1819 in Illinois to James W. Parker and Martha (Patsey) Duty. - Pop Ivy
Frank "Pop" Ivy (January 25, 1916 - May 17, 2003) was a football player and coach who holds the unique distinction of being the only person ever to serve as a head coach in the National Football League, the American Football League and the Canadian Football League. A native of Skiatook, Oklahoma, Ivy was part Native American and earned his nickname because of premature baldness during his playing days. - Branscombe Richmond
Branscombe Richmond (sometimes credited in films as Richmond Branscombe, Ranscombe Richmon or Branscom Richmond) is a Native American character actor, stuntman, and lead singer in a band called "The Renegade Posse". He was born in Los Angeles, California on August 8,1956. Branscombe is well known for playing villains and thugs in a lot of movies, and has made a lot of guest appearances on TV shows. - George J. Lewis
George J. Lewis (1903-1995) was a Mexican-born actor who appeared in many films and eventually TV series from the 1920s through the 1960s, usually specializing in westerns. He is probably best known for playing the protagonist's father in the 1950s TV series "Zorro. His Hispanic features suited him for character actor roles where any darker-skinned person was needed. He played a Native American in an "Adventures of Superman" episode called "Test of a Warrior". - Mirabeau B. Lamar
Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar (August 16, 1798 - December 19, 1859) was the second president of the Republic of Texas, following David G. Burnet (1836 as interim president) and Sam Houston. Lamar was born near Louisville in Jefferson County, Georgia. During his early adult years, he started and ran a successful newspaper in Columbus, Georgia, known as the Columbus Enquirer. Before heading to Texas, he sold his newspaper company, … - Larry Echohawk
Larry Echohawk is a member of the Pawnee Tribe of Oklahoma , serves as a Law Professor at Brigham Young University's J. Reuben Clark Law School. Prior to joining the BYU Law School faculty, Mr. Echohawk served as the Attorney General for the State of Idaho, the first American Indian in U.S. history elected as a state attorney general. - Ned Romero
Ned Romero (born 1925) is an American actor who has appeared in television and film. Romero was born in Franklin, Louisiana to Anna and Sidney Romero. His ancestry is Chitimacha Native American, as well as Spanish and French. Amongst his roles he has appeared in "Walker: Texas Ranger", "Star Trek: Voyager", "Star Trek: The Next Generation", "Police Woman", "Kung Fu", "Ironside" and "Death Valley Days". - Jackson Burns
Jackson Burns is a stunt performer, stunt coordinator and actor. Born July 29, 1956 in Poteau, Oklahoma. He is part Native American. Worked on Walker, Texas Ranger; The Con; and Fingerprints. He is the record holder for longest fire drag stunt and most squib hits at once. Jackson Burns is known for using innovative techniques in his craft to bring realistic, sometimes gritty visions of violence, movement, behaviors and stimulations for motion pictures, television, … - Jesse Borrego
Jesse Borrego is a native of San Antonio, Texas where he studied theatre as a student at the Incarnate Word College, and later returned there to choreograph an adaptation of the ballet "Le Jeune Homme et La Morte." He also studied at the California Institute of the Arts. Borrego has performed extensively in the theater, in such productions as "Woyzeck," in which he starred in the title role at the Public Theatre. - Randolph Mantooth
Randolph Mantooth (born September 19, 1945) is an American character actor, best known for his work in the 1970s medical drama "Emergency!", as paramedic John Gage, alongside Robert Fuller and Kevin Tighe, as well as his work on soap operas starting in the 1980s. Mantooth is half Seminole. His role on "Emergency!", paramedic John Gage, first shot him to stardom. He played the role from 1972 to 1979. - Gregg Rainwater
Gregg Andrew Rainwater (born February 27, 1966 in Flint, Michigan) is a Native American actor of Osage, Cherokee, and Irish descent, who is most well known for his role as half Kiowa Buck Cross on "The Young Riders" (1989-1992). He has later starred on "Ocean Tribe" and "Street Fighter", guest-starred on "Walker, Texas Ranger" and "Promised Land", and has done a lot of voice work. - Brenda Schad
Brenda Schad is an American model. Schad has also appeared in WonderBra advertisements. She has appeared on the cover of "Cosmopolitan UK", "Vogue", "ELLE", and "GQ UK" magazines. She was approached to become a model when she was 14 years old while trying on a swimsuit at a store in Japan. Schad also appeared in the movies "Head over Heels" and "D.R.E.A.M. Team". Schad briefly attending college majoring in political science. - John Hemphill
John Hemphill (December 18, 1803 - January 3, 1862) was Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court, a United States Senator, and a veteran of wars with Native Americans. Hemphill's father, Rev. John Hemphill, emigrated to the United States from County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, his mother, Jane Lind, was a native of Pennsylvania. Hemphill was born in South Carolina and educated at Jefferson College, graduating in 1825. Admitted to the bar in South Carolina in 1829, … - Rick Olmos
I am working as the Director of Communications for a non-profit here in Austin to help students graduate and go to college. Great job and nice people. I am no longer helping with the Extras Casting for the TV show Friday Night Lights, but still doing Voice Over work and Acting in Austin,TX. I also am involved with a film shooting next summer as Principal and Extras Casting Director. If you want to audition, let me know. - Ryon Castro
Live well. - Krystal Lawrence
Hi. I live in the Austin, TX area. I have been here for about 2 months now. I'm getting married in November. Got my dress all picked out. It's real fancy like. Some of you are invited, some of you aren't, but you can ALL send me presents. - Peggy
I thoroughly enjoy great music, movies, my few great friends and of course, time with my husband! Oh yea, my dog Molly is pretty cool too! lol ;0P Of course can't forget little BoBo! - Jason Pickett
Everyday I find myself caring less and less about more and more. And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you very much at your own reckoning. - A. Trollope. - Scott Willis
6'1"+ 200(-15) Solid, dad. (update I'm not as fat anymore) - Shauna
- Tiffany Black
WELL WELL WELL LETS SEE FIRST OFF MY NAME IS TIFF I'M N8TIVE, CURRENTLY LIVING IN TEXAS. I LOVE THE BOSTON RED SOX, DON'T GET ME WRONG I LOVE THE YANKEES CAUSE THEY GOT A.ROD. - Rita Johnston
Hmmm, well what can I say other than people tend to love me! I'm the down to earth, free spirited beauty with an old soul who others find hard to forget although some may at times wish they could. I have a big heart, a smile for most occasions and an open yet very opinionated mind. I seek thrils, take risks and live each moment to the fullest. Present to me the worst case scenario and I will reveal to you the bright side of the situation. - Martha Hernandez
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