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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 39. Chapters: Will Rogers, Will Sampson, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Russell Means, Jim Northrup, List of Native American actors, Irene Bedard, John Trudell, Dennis Banks, Ray Mala, Richard Ray Whitman, Karina Lombard, Valerie Red-Horse, Clu Gulager, James Young Deer, Mitch Longley, Chris Eyre, Randolph Mantooth, Litefoot, Kiowa Gordon, Tyler Christopher, Anthony Earl Numkena, Acquanetta, Sacheen Littlefeather, Raven Riley, Michael Horse, Moses Brings Plenty, Eddie Little Sky, Elaine Miles, Luther Standing Bear, Owl Goingback, Eddie Chuculate, Tonantzin Carmelo, Rodd Redwing, Ginny Tyler, Chief Thundercloud, Raoul Trujillo, Judy Herrera, Eddie Spears, John War Eagle, Molly Spotted Elk, Pat Hogan, Geraldine Keams, Chief Tahachee, Chief Yowlachie, Nipo T. Strongheart, Jonathan Joss, Sheila Tousey, Kim Winona, Charlie Hill, Robert "Tree" Cody, Victor Aaron, Misty Upham, Ted Thin Elk. Excerpt: William Penn Adair Rogers (better known as "Will" Rogers) (November 4, 1879 - August 15, 1935) was an American cowboy, comedian, humorist, social commentator, vaudeville performer and actor and one of the best-known celebrities in the 1920s and 1930s. Known as Oklahoma's favorite son, Rogers was born to a prominent Cherokee Nation family in Indian Territory (now part of Oklahoma). He traveled around the world three times, made 71 movies (50 silent films and 21 "talkies"), wrote more than 4,000 nationally-syndicated newspaper columns, and became a world-famous figure. By the mid-1930s, Rogers was adored by the American people. He was the leading political wit of the Progressive Era, and was the top-paid Hollywood movie star at the time. Rogers died in 1935 with aviator Wiley Post, when their small airplane crashed near Barrow, Alaska. His vaudeville rope act led to success in the Ziegfeld Follies, which in turn led to the first of his many movie contrac...
