Lily Gladstone may have missed out on winning an Oscar, but she received perhaps an even greater honor when elders of the Blackfeet Reservation presented her with a standing headdress.
According Tulsa WorldReceiving a standing headdress is a rare honor, as they are made from eagle feathers, bison skin, porcupine quills, ermine skins, and willows, and are considered sacred and symbolic of both the natural and supernatural worlds.
Gladstone became the first Indigenous person to win a Golden Globe for Best Actress and the first to be nominated for Best Actress at the Oscars for her performance in Martin Scorsese. Flower Moon Killers. During his Golden Globe acceptance speech, he notably spoke in the Blackfoot language.
Thousands of indigenous people from across the United States and Canada traveled to attend Gladstone's ceremony held in Browning, Montana, on Tuesday night. Theda New Breast, a member of the Women's Stand-Up Headdress Society, said Tulsa World which marked the largest gathering of stand-up headdress members to date. “This is so much bigger than the Oscars,” she said. “As Lily gets older, she will bring us with her. “She will bring all the women with her.”
Speaking at the ceremony, Blackfeet tribal councilor Everett Armstrong told Gladstone that “because of you, rez children on all reservations here and in Canada can pursue their dreams.”
In her own comments, Gladstone said: “I feel very lucky and blessed to be Blackfeet and to be able to be here. It's something really special to be who we are, to be where we come from. And I know that sometimes it can also be very difficult, but all good things are difficult.”
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